My Art Portfolio

Field Experiences

Mask Environment 3rd Grade Students will be able to learn about forms and armatures when they create a mask of their face using foil and plaster strips. be able to paint a self-portrait on the outside. be able to create an environment on the inside of the mask of an imaginary place, dream, thought or favorite place. be able to write a reflection about their imaginary idea that they created inside their mask and discuss how their visual images represents their idea (story).  NY State Standards Student will: (1) develop their own ideas and images through the exploration and creation of art works based on themes, symbols, and event understand and use the elements and principles of art (line, color, texture, shape) in order to communicate their ideas (3) explain their reflections about the meanings, purposes, and sources of works of art; describe their responses to the works and the reasons for those responses Stained Glass Window 5th grade Students will: be able to identify places stained glass windows are found and their purpose. be able to create their own stained glass window using a ruler and geometric patterns. be able to reflect on their favorite and most difficult part of this project through a self-evaluation survey provided by the teacher. NY State Standards Student will: (3) explain how ideas, themes, or concepts in the visual arts are expressed in other disciplines (e.g., mathematics, science, literature, social studies, etc.) (1) develop their own ideas and images through the exploration and creation of art works based on themes, symbols, and event understand and use the elements and principles of art (line, color, texture, shape) in order to communicate their ideas (3) explain their reflections about the meanings, purposes, and sources of works of art; describe their responses to the works and the reasons for those responses
Clay Environment   5th grade Students will: be able to successfully attach 2 slab walls of clay on a base of clay. be introduced to clay vocabulary words. be able to create an indoor or outdoor environment; decorate it with a variety of materials and paint. NY State Standards Student will: (1) develop their own ideas and images through the exploration and creation of art works based on themes, symbols, and event understand and use the elements and principles of art (line, color, texture, shape) in order to communicate their ideas (3) explain their reflections about the meanings, purposes, and sources of works of art; describe their responses to the works and the reasons for those responses
Surrealism High School Students will be able to identify surrealistic art after being introduced to the following artists Salvidor Dali, Kay Sage, and Joan Miro. be able to create a surrealistic colored pencil drawing by choosing a surrealistic song title as an inspiration. (ex. Time in a Bottle, End of the Road)   NY State Standards Student will: (1) create art works in which they use and evaluate different kinds of mediums, subjects, themes, symbols, metaphors, and images (3) analyze and interpret the ways in which political, cultural, social, religious, and psychological concepts and themes have been explored in visual art
"Screaming Tree"