Many of you have been in the building for our recent events and have had the opportunity to view some of the art work that our students are doing under the direction of Ms. Stephenson, our Art Specialist. I wanted to feature the work of the students this week so that everyone would have the opportunity to see how our Art Program is growing and blazing the trail here at BRES. Please read below to learn more about what our fourth and fifth grade students are working on here in Art class (summaries provided by Ms. Stephenson.)
In fourth grade art, students have been connecting with classroom curriculum by looking at the North Carolina mountain region and the phenomenon of atmospheric perspective. Atmospheric perspective is the term used to describe how the appearance of objects, such as the mountains, appear lighter as they recede from the viewer. Students created depth through atmospheric perspective, and practiced mixing tints and shades while creating these mountainous landscapes/value scales.
Fifth grade is finishing up their projects on graffiti. Graffiti has become popular in today's culture and is becoming increasingly accepted as an art form. Students learned about the definition of graffiti and how it has changed and continues to change over time, culture, and location. They also learned when it is and is not illegal and what consequences result from the illegal form of graffiti. This subject opened up wonderful classroom discussion about questions like, Is graffiti art?, What makes it art or not?, What is art? Etc. Students then created their own graffiti style compositions combining both text and imagery.
