First Grade art adventures 2021-22

I will then said the Little Red Hen

We started the year with this fun project based on the classic children's story

and made art connections to the works of Picasso and Chagall 

The end of the year class group project was a Little Red Hen created with 

acrylic paints, stamping and sponge painting.

The pieces were sold during the Open House silent auction 

Cookie People Around the World 

Inspired by the work of artist Yayoi Kusama student created a polka dot pumpkin, cut paper, collage, drawing and coloring 

Little Red Hen class display 


Our Spider and Web design project wrapped up the year

 

The world of Spiders

Students learned about the amazing world of the spider and how they are different from and insect. 

Also took a look at famous spiders in literature! 

Building vocabulary and drawing skills.

Observation and Imagination equal Creation 

Louise Bourgeois is an artist who often used a spider/mother
image in her art work 

Spotlight Artist/Scientist Maria Sibylla Merian

Maria Sibylla Merian (2 April 1647 – 13 January 1717) was a German-born naturalist and scientific illustrator, a descendant of the Frankfurt branch of the Swiss Merian family. Merian was one of the early European naturalists to observe insects directly.

https://massivesci.com/articles/maria-sibylla-merian-painter-naturalist-suriname-metamorphosis-science-hero/

Reprinted with  from Women in Science. Copyright © 2016 by Rachel Ignotofsky. 

Published by Ten Speed Press,

This is wonderful book about her life 

Images from the book above 

a page from the book 

For more information about Maria Merian I recommend these videos 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HObBdRBuV_0&t=27s 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0u_kub3Hqg&t=219s

Caterpillars are Cool

 Kinders had fun learning about different kinds of caterpillars, what caterpillars eat and the huge word metamorphosis. 

They were also introduced to two artists connected to the project: Eric Carle world renown artist/author and scientist/illustrator Maria Sibylla Merian