This blog is for parents, teachers, and others who are interested in finding out what's happening in the Art Department at Alimacani Elementary School, Duval County, Jacksonville, Florida.
We have some future Macy's Parade balloon designers! Forth grade students at Alimacani did an amazing job as they designed their own version of a balloon for Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade! We learned about the history of the parade and studied the progression of balloon designs through the years. This year, for the first time in history, the parade will introduce a new balloon created by a woman! The 4th grade girls were thrilled and shouted "Girl Power!"
Yes, fall is indeed here and the leaves are dropping. 3rd graders had a blast literally "dropping" leaves onto their paper to create an abstract fall leaf line design. Dropping leaf patterns onto their background paper, they worked to create a pleasing composition. They traced each leaf where it landed then painted each one in fall tempera colors. Next step: Using oil pastels, they created line designs creating concentric organic shapes. They learned emphasis by using colors with contrast.
Forth grade art students at Alimacani Elementary learned painting techniques used by student artists on the other side of the world - China. After viewing "Bamboo for Beginners," they they steadied their hands and practiced the simple, elongated strokes of Chinese Sumi-e painting. Once they were happy with their brushstrokes they began to paint beautiful stalks of bamboo much like the children in China must do in their art classes. With
each brushstroke, they were immersed in the Chinese culture, painting bamboo
and calligraphy while listening to traditional Chinese music.
