Art Lessons October/November

Our Salem Hyde students are currently working on these lessons:

6th Grade

Lesson: Sun Designs

Objective: Students will be able to use the Elements of Art and the Principles of Design to create a sun design inspired by Northwest Coast Native American art.

Lesson: One-Point Perspective Cityscape

Objective: Students will be able to create a painting of a cityscape demonstrating one-point perspective.

5th Grade

Lesson: Animals of the Rain Forest Biome Pastel Drawing

Objective: Students will be able to use pastel drawing techniques to create a drawing of an animal of the tropical rain forest biome.

4th Grade

Lesson: Audubon Birds

Objective: Students will be able to create a watercolor crayon resist painting of a bird.

3rd Grade

Lesson: Watercolor whales

Objective: Students will be able to use the Elements of Art and watercolor technique to create a watercolor painting.

2nd Grade

Lesson: Starry Night Watercolor Painting

Objective: Students will be able to create a watercolor resist painting using warm and cool colors and repetition of line and geometric shape.

1st Grade

Lesson: Landscape with Farm Animals

Objective: Students will be able to create a landscape painting of a farm using a horizon line, foreground and background.

Kindergarten

Lesson:  Pumpkins at Night

Objective:  Students will be able to create a picture of a pumpkin using drawing, painting and cutting skills.

First and Second Grade Self-Portraits

First and Second Grade Self-Portraits
First and Second Grade students viewed and discussed the self-portraits of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo.They identified the facial features that the artist included in her paintings along with other details that showed something about her personality. Students then created their own self-portraits by looking at themselves in a mirror. Their self-portraits were drawn in crayon and marker.

City of Syracuse Architecture Ceramic Tile Mural

  Salem Hyde fifth graders are currently working on the City of Syracuse Architecture Ceramic Tile Mural. This interdisciplinary project is enabling 5th grade students to expand their knowledge of the history of the city of Syracuse and gain an awareness of what it means to be citizens of a broader community. Students have researched the history and architecture of Syracuse and selected images which they are interpreting as ceramic relief tiles. Each student is producing a glazed ceramic tile depicting their chosen work of architecture of the City of Syracuse. The tiles will be assembled and mounted as a mural which will be installed on the walls at Salem Hyde. This project was made possible by a grant from the Syracuse City School District Educational Foundation.

 

   

Snowmen at Night

Snowmen at Night

Fourth Grade students learned about using value to do shading and created these beautiful snowmen in pastel. The drawings were inspired by the book, Snowmen at Night, by Caralyn Buehner. The challenge was to take circles and turn them into spheres using value shading. Attention had to be paid to the direction of the light source, the moon, to create shadow in the picture. These pictures are part of our display for the Great Snowman Convention during the month of February.

Legislative Student Art Exhibition

     Two Salem Hyde sixth grade students will have their artwork displayed in the 

2016 Legislative Student Art Exhibition in the Legislative Office Building in Albany. The art exhibition, on display from February 29th to March 3rd, 2016, is presented by the New York State Art Teachers Association in partnership with New York State United Teachers. This exhibit is the leading event in celebration of Youth Art Month.

     Our sixth graders have created multimedia Northwest Coast Sun Designs. The artwork was inspired by Native American Pacific Northwest art. A symmetrical design was created in crayon incorporating traditional shapes and then painted with black ink. When the ink dried, the students scratched through it to create a texture resembling carved wood.

     Congratulations to these Salem Hyde students on their outstanding artistic achievement. We are proud of you!