Bacich Elementary Art Blog

Kindergarten: Winter Scene inspired by Grandma Moses: It has been feeling like winter all around our campus, and our Kindergarten students have been working on their Winter Landscape paintings.  Students were introduced to the life and works of the American Folk artist Grandma Moses. Students used different kinds of art tools, such as brayers, sponges and paint brushes to paint their winter landscapes. Following Grandma Moses’ style combined with basic sketching, drawing and coloring skills, students created their own interpretations of familiar and cherished family traditions that are celebrated during the winter months. 1 ST  GRADE: Polar Bears Portraits: To start this lesson we did a read aloud of the book: White Bear, Ice Bear by Janne Ryder. Using white chalk on black construction paper students sketched a polar bear portrait. Students used the sides of white chalk to rub a round shape for the head and a body.  Two smalle...

Kindergarten: Tree of Life inspired by Gustav Klimt: Our Kindergarten students were introduced to the Austrian “Art Nouveau” painter Gustav Klimt (born in 1862). Klimt had created many world famous paintings such as “The Kiss” and the painting the Kindergarten students were introduced to called “The Tree of Life”. Gustav Klimt painted the Tree of Life, during his Golden Era as seen by the extensive use of the golden color on this piece. Gustav Klimt’s decorative art nouveau stile, with his use of colors and abstract shapes, is full of symbolism and can be interpreted in so many ways.   1 ST  GRADE: Self-Portrait a la Picasso: Our first grade students have been studying the works by Pablo Picasso. Students were introduced to the true story: Picasso and the Girl with a Ponytail written and illustrated by Laurence Anholt. The story illustrates how Picasso’s work went through many changes and stages, from realistic portraits-to scrambled and ob...

Kindergarten: Recycled Robots: The Kindergarten students studied basic geometric shapes and used the shapes to sketch a whimsical robot. Using the sketches as their guides, students cut out geometric shapes out of recycled materials to build and collage the structural parts of their robots. Recycled metal and plastic washers were added for details such as eyes, wheels and buttons. To finish off the robot piece, students created a fancy frame our of recycled materials.  1 ST GRADE: Color Theory: Fall Colors/Leaf Composition: The first grade students were introduced to their first color theory lesson. We read the wonderful book titled “Mouse Paint” by Ellen Stoll Walsh and learned about primary colors. Students used the primary colors to mix beautiful fall colors and painted an entire large background with colors you might see looking at fall leaves.  During the second part of this painting unit, students were introduced to the concept of how arti...