Painting Fall Landscapes
Pre-K 4 students create lovely art for autumn.
In September, the Pre-K 4 students spent some time in the Mona Lisa Studio working on their Fall landscapes. The Mona Lisa Studio is an artroom furnished with chairs and tables appropriately sized for our youngest Sharks. It is so named because of the three large renditions of Leonardo Da Vinci's Mona Lisa mounted on the back wall of the room and fashioned completely from upcycled colored plastic discs.
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As the students entered the room, Art Specialist Alli Flores supplied them with aprons. Aprons were a necessary accessory for our art students.
In a previous class, Ms. Flores read the students a book about Fall trees. Next, she led them in a directed drawing of the trees, landscape, and horizon. In this week's class, the young artists discussed warm color schemes and used four colors of liquid watercolor paint to add some brilliant hues to their masterpieces.
The students were very focused and engaged as they dabbed the paint and made broad strokes with their brushes to create a warm-colored sky.
"It's like a sunset," one of the students noted.
Ms. Flores loves to give young artists experiences with various mediums, techniques, and tools. This particular project exposes students to color theory and also connects with literature.
Ms. Flores loves to give young artists experiences with various mediums, techniques, and tools. This particular project exposes students to color theory and also connects with literature.
"I love getting to know all of our students and watching them grow over the years," said Ms. Flores. "I feel lucky to share my love of art with our students."
According to Ms. Flores, creating art engages children's sense of touch, sight, and sound, and helps develop their fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination.
With those concepts in mind, JCDS is committed to providing visual art instruction as a regular part of our curriculum.
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