Instagram! @hillcrestartroom

I've decided to create a Hillcrest Instagram for my classroom and all the amazing things the kids have been creating here. I know that many of my students are already on Instagram and not all of the content on there is all that amazing. So, I've decided that adding as much artwork to my Instagram will hopefully help to make what they're seeing on Instagram more positive. Students so far are so proud to see their projects displayed on my page and they can comment and share it with their friends.

I also understand that many parents do not allow some students to use Instagram. We discussed this in class and the students know they need to respect their parents' wishes. I promise to still try and share as much as I possibly can via this blog so students that don't have an Instagram account can still see our classroom's artwork online. Don't forget about all the art on Artsonia too!!

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5th Grade Hand Line Design Project

Fifth grade students used their creativity and knowledge of line to create this project. They traced their hands and created various line designs within each section of the hands using thick and thin sharpies. They also had a few choices for the background that they completed. These projects were easy and they are amazing works of art!

Check those that were uploaded to Artsonia here: 5th Hand Line Design

5th Grade Color Mixing Project

Fifth graders created amazing paintings where they focused on their color mixing. They used only the three primary colors: yellow, red, and blue, to create all three secondary colors and all six intermediate colors. The result was amazing! Most students also published their artwork to Artsonia. Check out the projects here: Overlapping Shapes/Color Mixing

Objective(s)—Students will be able to....

• Create a unique composition using overlapping shapes.
• Review/ recall mixing primary colors to create secondary colors.
• Mix primary and secondary colors to create intermediate colors.
• Neatly paint all colors  (p, s, i) from color  wheel within designated shapes in design.
• Create 13 different patterns using lines and shapes.

6th Grade Radial Color Wheels

Sixth grade students are finishing up their radial color wheel project. They designed and painted them with hues, tints, and shades all the primary, secondary, and intermediate colors. Here are the project objectives:

Objective(s)—Students will be able to...

• Identify and create a design with radial symmetry.
• Identify the primary colors and mix those to create the secondary and intermediate colors.
• Identify what a hue is.
• Identify and create tints and shades of various colors.
• Neatly paint a radial design as a color wheel with a hue, tint, and shade in the 12 colors of a color wheel.

Most students published their painting to Artsonia using our new classroom iPads! Check out the pics here: 6th Grade Radial Color Wheels.

Students also used two different apps to manipulate a photo of their color wheel and they also uploaded them to Artsonia. The apps were Percolator and Wordfoto.

In Percolator students adjusted the style of their color wheels. See the projects here: Percolator Color Wheels.

In Wordfoto students used a minimum of 5 words to describe their project and then superimposed those words onto their painting. See the projects here: Wordfoto Radial Color Wheels.

Artsonia!

Artsonia is a website that I am trying out for the first time this year with my students. So far, it's pretty awesome. I created a username for each student and an email has been sent to each parent (as long as one is on file in Skyward) asking for their account to be activated. Most of my students' have activated accounts. This week I had students begin to upload their artwork to the site. They can still upload it even without parent permission on the account, it simply won't be public on the web.

Artsonia is basically a permanent online digital portfolio of student artwork. Students take photos of their artwork in class and use the Artsonia app (on our new art room ipads) to upload their work to the site. Once I approve the images it is available for all to see on the web. Parents can even comment on the artwork via the website. The kids are really excited to see their work up on the site. A few have even asked if they could add art they've made outside of school or during 'free draw' time in class (for early finishers). Check out Hillcrest's Artsonia page here and see what we've got up there so far! :)

Hillcrest's Artsonia Page

Open House 2015-2016

This year I am again attending the 5th Grade Open House night at Hillcrest. Below is what I am passing out to all parents who make it to my classroom:

5^th and 6^th Grade Art—Room 126—Miss Brown

Hello and Welcome to Art Class,

This is my seventh year teaching a Hillcrest Intermediate and I am excited to continue sharing my knowledge of visual arts with my students. I communicate via skyward and my blog about things happening in the art room. Please subscribe to my blog by clicking ‘Join this Site’ on the right hand side under ‘Followers’.

http://missbrownsartblog.blogspot.com/

I am also trying out Artsonia this year. It is a place where images of student artwork is uploaded and can be viewed through a personal student account. I am still in the process of loading my rosters onto the site. When I’m completed Artsonia should email you asking for your permission for the artwork to be visible. I copied a sample of what the email should look like below. You will just click ‘Activate Account’ and then enjoy all the perks Artsonia has to offer. It’s not only an online digital art collection of your child’s artwork, they also offer various items that the artwork can be printed onto for purchase. A small portion of the proceeds come back to the art room for extra supplies too.

https://www.artsonia.com/

I’m happy to announce that we successfully raised enough money for 5 iPads for the classroom! They should be arriving soon and we’ll start making art with them asap. Stay tuned to my blog to see what we do.

Please always feel free to email me with any questions you may have about my class.

Miss Molli Brown

Here is a slideshow of past student work for display while parents are walking through my classroom.
 

Start of the year...Quick but Awesome Projects

This year both grades did a quick one-day project to start the year off. Both served as a little review of info from last year and acted as a warm-up for the students' creativity. Sixth graders created symmetrical designs in 4 sections of a circle using oil pastel, cut them apart and placed them in various positions on a square of paper. When the designs were all put together they created one larger collaborative artwork. We also discussed two principles of design, unity and variety.

• Unity-Unity is achieved when the components of a work of art are perceived as harmonious, giving the work a sense of completion.
• Variety- Use of different elements of art to add interest to an artwork. Variety is a principle of design.
• Symmetry- exact balance on opposite sides of a dividing line of an item.
• Collaborative Art- More than one artist contributed to the resulting art piece. The artists involved worked together.

Fifth graders had a fun and messy color review. They also did great following the art room procedures that they are getting used to. They used only the primary colors and mixed them to create the secondary colors. Each color was stamped onto a collaborative rainbow artwork. They're really cheering up the hallways of the school too!

• color-  is light reflected off of objects. Color has three main characteristics: hue (the name of the color, such as red, green, blue, etc.), value (how light or dark it is), and intensity (how bright or dull it is).
• primary colors- are the only true colors (red, blue, and yellow). All other colors are mixes of primary colors.
• secondary colors- are two primary colors mixed together (green, orange, violet).
• color wheel-A circular organization of the colors on the color spectrum.