Art News
What’s happening in the Mountain
View Art Studio?
Kindergarten is
learning all about the Elements of Art that artists use in their work. So far Kindergarten students have
become experts at understanding lines and how to use them in their work. We are now going to study shapes, both
geometric and free-form. We are
reading books and looking at artworks that focus on shapes. We will be experiencing some
printmaking, collage, and painting during the shape unit.
In 1st
grade, students are working in clay.
We are making pottery (functional clay art) using the slab method. This process builds on their knowledge
of clay pottery from their experience in kindergarten making ‘pinch pots’. Students will get choices on how they
design their slab, whether it is a Autumn leaf design or something else of
their choosing. We will finish up by glazing their finished pieces.
As November approaches,
students in grades 2-5 are getting used to working independently and
cooperatively on ideas of their own choosing. We are using The Artist’s Process as a structure to focus
their thinking and their work. We
will start to explore architecture as art while we open blocks/straws and
connectors, study ancient and modern architecture, and open Trimble’s SketchUp
program on the computer as an art medium for creating architectural plans.
Thank you to all of you
who purchased from the Art to Remember catalogue. Your products should arrive by the first week in
December. Thank you for supporting
the art program at Mountain View.
School—720-972-8429
Email— Jennifer.schmuldt@adams12.org
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