This year at Johnson, we are doing a fundraiser for the art room to get some supplies that we otherwise would have to go without. Artwork is being sent out this Friday and catalogs will be here by the second week of November!
Fifth grade and Sixth grade are both doing a wax resist with watercolor.
Fifth graders started by talking about Wassily Kandinsky and his ability to paint from music. These painted compositions are considered to be some of the first pure abstract art. Students listened to two different songs and drew from both, focusing on line and shape. Then we used watercolor to add the wonderful color you see!
Fifth grade and Sixth grade are both doing a wax resist with watercolor.
Fifth graders started by talking about Wassily Kandinsky and his ability to paint from music. These painted compositions are considered to be some of the first pure abstract art. Students listened to two different songs and drew from both, focusing on line and shape. Then we used watercolor to add the wonderful color you see!
Sixth grade students learned how to create the illusion of depth by overlapping shapes and lines. We talked about how to create a foreground, middle ground and a background. Once their landscape was mapped out, they made it abstract by plugging a different pattern or design into each layer. The landscapes were finished off with watercolor in each layer.