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Russian Onion Domes

10/31/2012

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4th graders have started creating Russian Architecture - called Onion Domes. Onion Domes are well known in Russia especially Saint Basil's Cathedral.
The fourth graders start by drawing in pencil their onion dome towers, making sure they have at least 3 towers and they show them overlapping each other. Inside their towers their should be pattern.
Once drawn in pencil, they will outline first the pattern using a sharpie pen. After that, students will outline the onion dome shapes with black glue.
*The glue is white with black paint added to it.
When glue is dry, they will paint with tempera paint cakes.


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Here are the steps I give to each student to break down how to draw onion domes.

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St. Basil's Cathedral
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Warm & Cool Color Leaves

10/29/2012

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Because of fall, we are creating some artwork to include leaves. Students will use tracers to draw the leaves, making sure that at least 2 leaves are overlapping. After tracing in pencil they will trace in sharpie marker. Their leaves will be painted in warm colors - red, orange and yellow. The background will be painted in cool colors - blue, green and purple.

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Artist Comes To Becker!

10/18/2012

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Last week, Becker was very lucky to have the artist, Judy Sell, come create a mosaic installation for the High School Commons. 20 students from the intermediate school helped create the mandala-like mosaics. Each school building will get the chance to participate in creating these mosaics and at the end of October the mosaics will be hung up on the High School commons columns.
To the left is a photo of Judy Sell teaching the students about mosaics.



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Some intermediate students working together to create a mosaic mandala.

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Fun Facts about The Mona Lisa

10/16/2012

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Here's a great, quick video to learn a little more about this famous painting.
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Animal Mosaics

10/2/2012

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The 4th grade is starting one of my favorite art lessons, ANIMAL MOSAICS! For this lesson we talk about mosaics and the artist, Winold Reiss. We also discuss the principle of art  - Emphasis, the main part, the focal point of a piece of art and the element of art - Texture, how the surface looks or feels.
Students first draw out their animal of choice with pencil on black construction paper.
After drawing it out, students cut out small pieces of magazine paper and overlap the paper to create the mosaic.


                      To the right is a student's example from last year.


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