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Picasso's Animals

This Semester our 5th graders are going to study works by Pablo Picasso to gain an understanding of how c reativity leads to the discovery and expression of new ideas. We will focus on his relationships with animals and their symbolism in his works. Fifth graders will experiment with the process of monoprint and collage and will look to Picasso for inspiration. Above is a photograph of Picasso with his dog Lump. Lump means rascal in German. Picasso made several portraits of Lump. It is said that Picasso had many dogs but Lump was his favorite. Pablo Picasso what quite the animal lover. He owned many pets during his lifetime including cats, dogs, birds and even a goat named Esmerelda. Animals are the theme of many of his works in both paintings and sculptures. Click this link for more info. Resources for more info: Article: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/26/arts/design/26lump.html Article: http://www.an...

Art of the Parody

Students are creating parodies of well known works of art paired with cartoons or famous figures from pop culture. ("Birth of Venus" By Sandro Botticelli painted in the 1400's) ("The Two Fridas" Painted in 1939 by Frida Kahlo) ("The Scream" Painted in 1893 by Edvard Munch) ("American Gothic" Painted by Grant Wood in 1930) Student Examples: More famous works of art below:

12 Characteristics that may Identify Artistically Gifted Children.....

It's extremely challenging to identify artistically gifted kids. ... Below is an article taken from (http://www.artisticnetwork.net/arts/260/identifying_artistically_gifted_children.html) that discusses this issue.. The most remarkable work on artistically gifted children has been done by Gaitskell and Lowenfeld. Both of these educators did many long term case studies. They agreed on the following characteristics that may identify children as being artistically gifted: 1. Artistically gifted children show fluency of imagination and expression. These children can’t get their ideas down fast enough. They don’t need stimulation. One idea leads to another. 2. They might have a highly developed sensibility in certain areas. For example, movement, space, rhythm, colour. (One small boy I taught was only interested in tempera paints and lost interest if other media were used. Another child drew only figures showing a lot of movement or action.) 3. They show in...

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