In First, Second and Third grade we started our study of Paddle to the Sea, written by Holling Clancy Holling. After reading the first two chapters students started planning for carving a canoe out of soap. In our second lesson students took their plans and experimented with how soap carves. Our Principal Mr. Buss joined us for the first grader’s carving lesson on Friday afternoon. The students were eager to show their work to him and he shared his work with them. Mr. Buss Carving with First graders. Mr. Buss' creation.
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In Fourth grade, students were requested to create an ornament for the State Capitol Tree in Madison. Our fourth grade class will proudly represent St Paul’s at the Wisconsin Capitol with fish woven ornaments. These ornaments utilized a recycled map to represent the vast waterways of Wisconsin. These woven fish echo the Swedish woven hearts seen at Christmastime. Woven fish are a part of Pacific Polynesian culture. Students are also learning about the many cultures that are a part of our state and their immigrant ancestors. We read Matthew 15:32-38 and talked about how the Greeks offered safe harbor to Christians. The fish was a symbol to let them know they could be kept safe from the Romans. These fish tie together tradition and culture and represent Wisconsin and our abundant waterways. This week students in all grades have a fresh start and a new “perspective” in drawing. Continuing our technical skills and studies K-4th graders learned how to draw a one point perspective drawing. In grade 5-8 students learned to draw a two point perspective. Perspective is “a representation of solid objects on a two-dimensional surface so as to give the right impression of their height, width, depth, and position in relation to each other when viewed from a particular point.” And that's a lot of words! I explained that we are making magic because we are making a 2D piece of paper “look” 3D. Armed with pencils and rulers, students created 3 dimensional drawings. In order to create these spaces we needed to define horizon line or skyline, which is the line that divided the land from the sky.
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AuthorI have a passion for the visual arts and love sharing it with others. I have enjoyed teaching all ages and love to incorporate art history and traditional disciplines as well as innovative ideas. Art is vital to who I am as a creator and educator. Archives
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