St. Paul’s Art Program

MRS. JOCELYN BOBLINK – Teacher

ASSIGNMENTS: due Friday, May 14, 2010
8th Grade: download assignment “Career in Art and Design”
7th Grade: Compare and Contrast assignment
6th Grade: Compare and Contrast assignment

ART LINKS: (note: in some cases you will be leaving the St. Paul’s website)
Teacher WISHLIST

REFERENCE
Look up information about the life of some famous artists.
Another good list of places to find information about artists.
Learn about different styles of art.
General art encyclopedia
Another good online encyclopedia for kids.
Learn about and play games with famous paintings.
Online projects from the Art Institute of Chicago.
Learn about silkscreen printing from a real artist, Fred Nichols.
A list of links to research careers related to art and design.

JIGSAW PUZZLE – Online jigsaw puzzle game with famous works of art. Try and beat the clock!
Italian Art Game – Be a Renaissance art patron. (Watch out for sneaky rivals...)

Recently, exercising our creativity:
Kindergarten is working with clay and sculpture to build caterpillars

1st Grade are making delicious soft sculpture pizzas.

2nd Grade is learning patience by making origami figures out of folded paper.

3rd Grade made cut paper donuts, like Henri Matisse would have done.

4th Grade just finished making giant fish and sea creatures for a giant indoor aquarium out of stuffed paper and a lot of staples.

5th Grade is studying the human form in motion by making clay athletes.

6th Grade is studying the element of form by making clay sculpted desserts.

7th Grade: is learning about Romanticism of the early 19th century and made some stormy watercolor seascapes.

They began the year by designing their own version of a Nike shoe online. View their Gallery. (You can even create computer wallpaper from your favorites.)

8th Grade: designed persoanlized Confirmation banners to celebrate their faith.

They started the year by designing their own version of a Converse shoe, online. View their Gallery (some 8th grade students chose to do a Nike shoe, instead; click on the 7th grade project to see those.) If you are asked for an email address and password, use: jocelyn @gothicwindows.com (no space), password: ncwyeth

Honors Art is studying the art of Jasper Johns and learning about symbols and encaustic painting.


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	MRS. JOCELYN BOBLINK – Teacher ASSIGNMENTS: due Friday, May 14, 2010 8th Grade: download assignment “Career in Art and Design” 7th Grade: Compare and Contrast assignment 6th Grade: Compare and Contrast assignment ART LINKS: (note: in some cases you will be leaving the St. Paul’s website) Teacher WISHLIST REFERENCE Look up information about the life of some famous artists. Another good list of places to find information about artists. Learn about different styles of art. General art encyclopedia Another good online encyclopedia for kids. Learn about and play games with famous paintings. Online projects from the Art Institute of Chicago. Learn about silkscreen printing from a real artist, Fred Nichols. A list of links to research careers related to art and design. JIGSAW PUZZLE – Online jigsaw puzzle game with famous works of art. Try and beat the clock! Italian Art Game – Be a Renaissance art patron. (Watch out for sneaky rivals...) Recently, exercising our creativity: Kindergarten is working with clay and sculpture to build caterpillars 1st Grade are making delicious soft sculpture pizzas. 2nd Grade is learning patience by making origami figures out of folded paper. 3rd Grade made cut paper donuts, like Henri Matisse would have done. 4th Grade just finished making giant fish and sea creatures for a giant indoor aquarium out of stuffed paper and a lot of staples. 5th Grade is studying the human form in motion by making clay athletes. 6th Grade is studying the element of form by making clay sculpted desserts. 7th Grade: is learning about Romanticism of the early 19th century and made some stormy watercolor seascapes. They began the year by designing their own version of a Nike shoe online. View their Gallery. (You can even create computer wallpaper from your favorites.) 8th Grade: designed persoanlized Confirmation banners to celebrate their faith. They started the year by designing their own version of a Converse shoe, online. View their Gallery (some 8th grade students chose to do a Nike shoe, instead; click on the 7th grade project to see those.) If you are asked for an email address and password, use: jocelyn @gothicwindows.com (no space), password: ncwyeth Honors Art is studying the art of Jasper Johns and learning about symbols and encaustic painting.







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