Welcome to Art For Bears 2015/16

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The Bacich TK-4th grade art program is off to a fabulous start.  During our first art lesson of the new school year, we established routines and rules and each one of our 680 students got to decorate their very own art journals. Each grade level had the opportunity to explore a grade-level appropriate art technique or activity. 
For example, TK and Kindergarten experimented with a "crayon resists marker" technique. First grade students designed their journal covers with abstract lines and shapes. Second grade students enjoyed an "Advanced Scribble" drawing activity using "only 3 colors and the same color cannot touch a wall".  Third grade students were introduced to the Indian "Mehndi Henna" hand design and decorated the tracing of their hands.  Our fourth grade artists personalized their art journal covers with “Zentangle" designs and patters.






Third Grade Indian "Mehndi Henna" hand designs



Fourth Grade "Zentangle" designs






Second Grade "Advanced Scribbles"



The Art Journal

Students will have the opportunity to use their Art Journals throughout the school year in a combination of sketching, note taking and personal journal writing. Students reflect upon and evaluate their own learning. This allows students to place reading and writing in a context that is functional and personally relevant. 

One of the key lessons in our art program is that there are no mistakes in art. Besides being a means of recording, the journal is a safe place for the student to express his or her thoughts and ideas in writing and drawing that is not corrected by the teacher, giving freedom for individual expression.

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