Second grade scholars learned about The Legend of the Koi or The Legend of the Dragon's Gate along with Japanese art, culture and cherry blossoms. They created their own koi fish colored with warm colors and placed on top of a cool color watercolor wash background surrounded by Japanese cherry blossoms.
Kinders used the above painting Color Study, Squares with Concentric Circles, 1913 as inspiration while learning about tempera paint techniques, color and the joys and beauty of abstract art. This painting by Wassily Kandinsky, one of the first famous abstract artists, was recreated by kinders square by square. They had a great time and created an amazing piece of collaborative art! Come and see the display (below), created by kinders, outside the art room in the Franklin building!
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AuthorMrs. Dentzer is the elementary visual arts educator at John Adams Academy. Archives
May 2016
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