Summer art into the 2021-22 School Year

Over the summer I worked on 2 very special chairs they were build by our very own Mr. H and sold in our 2020-21 on line fund raiser auction.

Frida Chair primed 

Frida Details 

Frida Chair 

The fire/flower heart came out lovely 

Vincent was all blues and greens with glowing 
touches and yellow/gold

              Back to school with a lot of Safety Guidelines 

Made a safety banner for the 
first week of school 

Lovely first week of school treats 

A few books to share the first week of Art 

Alma Thomas is an inspiring artist 

Bisa Butlers use of color and pattern is amazing 

Porch Stories with Mrs. Kane and Ms. Jane, Season 2, Episode 2: Jean Mic...

Another Porch Stories with Mrs. Kane and Ms. Jane today's Spotlight Artist is Jean-Michel Basquiat. 

The book is Radiant Child. 

Artist Keith Haring was a friend of Jean-Michel 

Fun with the symbols of Jean-Michel 

Red Rabbit 

Jean-Michel Basquiat's sisters talk growing up with the Brooklyn-born ar...

Insightful to hear the artist's 2 younger sisters talk about their artist brother! 

Kinder and First Grade

 Where the Wild Things Are and The Art Teacher is Weird 

Students followed a series of direct drawing instructions to create their own mini shape monsters. 

The book Glad Monster Sad Monster- A book about Feelings gave us a lot of inspiration too! 

Spotlight artists for January 2021

This month our virtual art program will really start to roll out. 

Our spotlight artists are: 

Georgia O'Keeffe

 Jean-Michel Basquiat

 Vincent Van Gogh

 Mary Blair  

What will the Zoom virtual class sessions focus on?

Kinder: Where the Wild Things Are-min monsters.

1^st: The Art teacher is Weird-shapes lines monsters.

2^nd :Chinese New Year/Draw a Dragon

3^rd: Cursive writing and drawing an owl.

4^th: Drawing a tree in a landscape.

5^th: Faces and Feelings.

6^th: beginning perspective/city drawing.

I like to combine books, art history as well as materials and hands on instruction. 

That's a lot to pack into a 30 minutes session!

Porch Stories coming soon

 

Henri’s Scissors by Jeanette Winter

I have always enjoyed the work by Henri Matisse. 

This story shares his journey as he explores and masters the world of paper cutting!

Porch Stories October 2020 10

Season 2 of Porch Stories with Mrs. Kane and Ms. Jane start the new season with American Master Georgia O'Keeffe 

Porch Stories Season 2 is made possible in part by a grant from "Friends of Sacramento Arts" supporting the arts for all students in Sacramento.

September and October art packets

Artist/Art instructor Bob Ross has inspired thousands and thousands of people to pick up a brush and just start painting. Here is the link to his youtube site that has lots of his 20-30 TV instructional videos. His voice alone is perfect to calm your nerves on a stressful day...so make some happy little accidents with a friend. 

https://www.youtube.com/user/BobRossInc 

As we continue with safe distance learning I will continue to provide my teachers, students and families with fun and challenging take home art coloring pages. We are starting this session off with The Dot book and the polkadot princess artist Yayoi Kusama! Plus a few extra treats too...print color and enjoy.