Art

Hello Bernies! I hope you are all safe and healthy and enjoying your time at home. While I wish we could have hands-on classes together, I'm also looking forward to seeing what you create while you are in your home environment. While we are distance learning, here are a few things to remember:

**Assignments will be posted each week. I'm estimating that you will spend about the same amount of time on these assignments as you would spend if we had class.
**Materials needed for each project will be somewhat flexible (either they reuire simple materials like pencil and paper, or they offer flexibility on what materials you use.) If anyone has a challenge completing the assignment because you don't have the materials, just send me a message and we will figure something out.
**Pre-K - Grade 3: If possible, please take a picture of your completed assignment and email it to me. Please put your name and grade in the Subject line.
**Grades 4-8: Please take a picture of your completed assignment and submit it via Google Classroom (codes will be provided) OR email it to me. Some assignments may have additional instructions. You will receive grades for this work. A reminder of my grading approach is on my Grading page. 
*My email address is kcrowner@stbl.org. If emailing completed assignments, please include student name and grade in the Subject line.

Assignments by Grade, Week of 3/23:

Pre-K & Kindergarten:
Look around your home. What is around you? Who is around you? Artists often get ideas for their art by looking around their home. Draw a picture of home--this could be the room, the people, or something in your home that is important to you. Use lots of details. When you finish, tell someone else about your work. Parents/caregivers: Please ask open-ended questions like "Tell me about your artwork." and "Could you tell me what you were thinking when you drew this part?" and "Tell me more." You don't have to write down their answers, just listen. Please keep their artwork. If you have time, feel free to email me a picture of it, but this is not required.

Grades 1 & 2:
Watch Mo Willems video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmzjCPQv3y8&feature=emb_rel_pause, listen and draw with him. When you finish the video, feel free to keep working, adding color and a background to your drawing. If possible, please take a picture of your drawing and email it to me. Please keep your drawing in a folder so that you can bring it to school when we go back. Mo Willems has a new video every day, so if you have extra time and interest, you can watch and draw with him another day.

Grades 3 & 4:
Take a look at this article about children in the UK putting rainbows in their windows to send a message of cheer and "we are all in this together." https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-51988671
Make your own rainbow and ask your parents to help put it in your window. You can use materials of your choice--paint, markers, crayons, collage--whatever you have at home. Put your colors in rainbow order, the order of the color wheel. This video is a reminder about color theory. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8yuyekP_So 
If you want to combine this with the Bernie Bear project Mrs. Montie announced through Option C email, please do! You can put a bear on or around your rainbow!
If possible, take a picture and send it to me, or submit through Google Classroom.
*Grade 4 Google Classroom Code: ikusedl


Grades 5 & 6:
Watch this video from Tate Kids about Pop Art https://www.tate.org.uk/kids/explore/what-is/pop-art.
Now do ONE of the following options:
1) Inspired by Andy Warhol's famous Campbell's Soup print, create your own drawing or painting based on something from your kitchen cabinet. Warhol's pieces were larger than life and focused on the bold designs from advertising and commercial packaging. Try to do they same with your Pop Art. Markers or paint might be best to create a bold design, but you can choose to use colored pencils or crayons if you like, and try to work with thicker outlines and shapes of color.
-OR- 2) create your own art work inspired by one of the Pop artists mentioned in the video. They all have unique styles. You might need to do a little research on your own to find out more about the artist you choose. Create a piece of artwork using materials of your choice.
Upload a picture of your work on Google Classroom or email it to me. If you do #2 please include the name of the artist you were inspired by.
*Grade 5 Google Classroom Code: gs33jst
*Grade 6 Google Classroom Code: 44b5msj

Grade 7 & 8:
Take a tour of the Louvre. (https://www.youvisit.com/tour/louvremuseum), Spend 10 minutes looking around. Then, choose one piece of artwork to focus on.
Do ONE of the following:
1) Make your own copy of the artwork using materials of your choice. Make this a complete work of art (attention to detail and craftsmanship.) If you choose a sculpture, focus on shading (value) so that you create an illusion of being 3-dimensional.
-OR- 2) (This is a writing, not drawing option) Describe the chosen artwork in writing. Tell why you chose it and how it makes you feel. Include some questions--if you could ask the artist about it what would you ask? This should be 1/2 page or more. 
For either option, include the name of the artwork and the artist if possible. If that's not available, include a screen shot of the artwork with your submission. If that doesn't work, don't worry! Just send me your completed work. Submit through Google classroom or email me your art/writing.
*Grade 7 Google Classroom Code: 3k6pzga
*Grade 8 Google Classroom Code:  iyr7lsh