Born in Recife, Brazil in 1963, Romero Britto began life impoverished. The eighth of nine children, Britto was raised primarily by his mother. … In 1983 Britto traveled to Europe where he was inspired by the vibrant art of Picasso and Matisse, which he combined with pop art to create his own unique and iconic style.
LINK TO A WONDERFUL FALL WARM & COOL CORN LESSON FROM MINI MATISSE! Thanks, Nicole H. for this wonderful lesson idea!
COLOR SONGS!!!
We will be discovering the Art Element TEXTURE to cut a “husk” inspired textured frame!
PARENTS: Practice cutting shapes out with your child at home, use newspaper, scrap-papers…anything! Practicing cutting helps to develop eye-hand coordination and fine-motor skills!!! It will help build confidence when they can proudly show their classmates how great they are at cutting circles, triangles, squares etc… during art projects!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=OUMUaxiPUlo Another fun shape video!
Silly Shape Creatures in October!!
Some of our First Graders Silly Shape Creatures! Animoto video of 1st grade Silly Shape Creatures
Joan Miro in his studio. Click this picture to go to my Pinterest Artist & Art History Board.
James Rizzi was born in 1950 in Brooklyn. He studied art in Florida where he started experimenting with printing, painting, and sculpting. Rizzi’s work often shows his birthplace, New York City.
Rizzi-style characteristics:
-Bright colors
-No shading, everything is flat color
-Everything is outlined with black
-Houses have human faces/characteristics
-The artwork is full and busy
Now…. it’s time for you to be an ART DETECTIVE!
How many of each can you count in Rizzi’s CITYSCAPE to the left?
- STARS?
- CLOUDS?
- BIRDS?
- FACES IN BUILDINGS?
- BUILDINGS WITHOUT FACES?
- SHAPES (besides RECTANGLES)
Let’s Learn about ABSTRACT ART by creating an ABSTRACT ALPHABET!!!
Make sure letters touch each other and go off the page so they create free-form, organic and geometric shapes.
Menlo Park Art 
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