Storytelling, Still Lifes, and Celebrations: Day 1 of the Art & Language Arts Program
July 30th, 2012
11 comments
We are so excited to work with teachers from Jaime Escalante Elementary School, 42nd Street Elementary, Robert F. Kennedy Elementary School, Carlos Santana Arts Academy, and Woodlake Ave Elementary! We spent the day roaming the galleries while they were closed to the public and creating works of art bursting with color.
To the teachers who participated today, what is a specific strategy or activity that you will take back to your classroom?
-
- Every day begins with art! This morning teachers played with a variety of paints and techniques to create different textures.
-
- Teachers explore the vibrant colors produced by Alphacolor Biggie Cakes.
-
- Try lightly blowing on wet paint through a straw to create interesting effects.
-
- Teacher Rosa Bogarin holds up her colorful work of art.
-
- Participants received a site tour of the Getty Center on a beautiful sunny day.
-
- Since the galleries are not open to the public, four teachers were able to write about Van Gogh’s Irises without having to push through the crowds.
-
- On a curator-led tour, teachers discover how artists use the tools of their trade to help them tell stories in their paintings.
-
- A teacher looks closely at the thin coats of paint applied by the artist Titian. Thankfully we can still see the thin layer centuries after the painting was made!
-
- Teachers had fun arranging objects in preparation for their own still life collages.
-
- Participants cut shapes out of colored vellum for their still life collages.
-
- Colored vellum sure does pop on black construction paper!
-
- A few lines can turn a two-dimensional shape into a three-dimensional form.
-
- Teachers learned how to paint on a budget by supplementing Alphacolor Biggie Cakes with paints made with kool-aid and coffee.
-
- After building a vocabulary of marks, teachers created patterns.
-
- A 20th century painting of a celebration inspired teachers to create a painting of their favorite celebration.
-
- Guess the celebrations depicted in these works!
-
- Sonia Faye did a “bang up” job on her painting of a celebration. (Pun intended!)
Categories:
Recent Comments