Kindergarten Art

We began work on the US symbols unit in art last week. I try to tie in all the art processes into the Humanities program and use the Statue of Liberty to teach portrait proportions and techniques. The students look at a sample of the Statue of Liberty and learned the "map of the face" as it pertains to portraits. Each student transferred the information of the face onto a blank outline of Liberty's face. Yellow crayon was used as a resist technique to color the windows in the crown and then a blue-green watercolor wash was applied to the surface to imitate the copper patina. The portrait will be cut and glued onto a solid background next class. 

All the ceramic bowls have been glazed and fired in the kiln. Look for them to come home next Thursday as we will not have class this week due to conferences.