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YORK HAVEN ELEMENTARY ART FEBRUARY 2020

GRADE LEVEL HAPPENINGS

Third Grade: Students have been experimenting with dis-tance. Objects seem to be larger when they are closer and smaller when they are farther away. We showed distance by changing the sizes of snowflakes.

Second Grade: Students created winter landscapes by drawing and painting trees with shadows. We even creat-ed fun snowmen looking up at a snowstorm. We’ve really been enjoying the winter season to inspire our artwork.

First Grade: Students are learning different ways to cre-

ate penguins. We learned about drawing from the side

called profile view.

Kindergarten: Students have been recognizing shapes

and using them to create winter objects. We created

some cute penguins and some snowmen faces. What

shapes can you find in other art projects?

A FAMOUS ARTIST AT A GLANCE JACKSON POLLOCK (January 1912 – August 1956) was an American painter and a major figure in the abstract expressionist movement. He was well known for his unique style of drip painting, or splatter painting. Pollock's technique of pouring and dripping paint is thought to be one of the origins of the term action painting. His canvases were huge and would take up the entire floor. Paint would be thrown, dripped, and splattered across the canvases . He literally was standing in or above his paintings to create them.

What is your favorite thing to do in art

class? - Try new things

What is your favorite thing to draw?

- My family

What’s your favorite color?

- Pink

What do you like best about your art-

work? - The snowflakes

What is the title of your artwork?

- The Penguin in the Dark Aria Miller—Kindergarten

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Get creative at home.

The possibilities are end-

less in the art world. Get

inspired by winter. Do

you have some computer

paper and scissors. Fol-

low the steps to fold the

paper and make some

cuts around the edges.

Open them up and you

have fun snowflakes!