Art Newsletter
Updates from Lowell Artists & Ms. Chroneos
Learning Goals
PreK & Kindergarten: Warm & Cool Colors, Snowy Day Collages, Rainbows
I can identify the warm and cool colors.
I can create a picture of mittens using lines and
the warm and cool colors.
I can identify shapes that can make buildings in my neighborhood/school area.
I can cut out and glue shapes.
I can identify rainbow order, or ROY G BIV
First Grade: Tradition Pictures inspired by Carmen Lomas Garza
I can create a drawing of a special tradition.
I can identify and paint the colors of the ground/sky and floor/wall in my tradition painting.
I can identify, cut and collage the biggest shapes of my tradition picture.
I can collage details using patterned and textured papers in my tradition picture.
I can identify and collage shapes that make the people in my picture.
Second Grade: Romero Britto Abstract Pop Art Designs
I can create a pop art design inspired by Romero Britto.
I can use controlled brush strokes to fill in abstract sections of a pop art shape, of my own design.
I can identify complementary colors and create complementary pairs with patterns.
I can refine, complete, and title my artwork.
Third Grade: Creative Color Wheels
I can brainstorm ideas for a creative color wheel.
I can identify and paint the primary, secondary, and tertiary colors.
I can arrange my color wheel and identify key color relationships.
Fourth Grade: Character Prints
I can use color complements and color gradients
in a styrofoam relief print series.
I can identify the strongest prints in my series and
arrange on a final paper.
Fifth Grade: Self-Portaits
I can identify and paint the medium, dark, and light values in a
monochromatic self-portrait.
I can think about the ways artist Bisa Butler incorporates color and pattern to express emotion and personality.
I can collage a background using patterned papers, inspired
by Bisa Butler's quilts.
December Artist of the Month:
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Contact Information
Email: sofija.chroneos@watertown.k12.ma.us
Website: https://www.instagram.com/ms.chroneos_artclass/