Description of the Unit – This is a purely technical unit that allows students to explore combining watercolor painting techniques with other media.
8th grade – watercolor & mixed media
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7th Grade – Japanese Notan Designs
Description of the Unit –
In this unit, students observed the traditional Japanese art of Notan designs, exploring the relationship between positive and negative space between elaborately cut designs, and how this relationship affects composition, balance and symmetry. Students created their own Notan designs.
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4th Grade Surrealist Collage
Description of the Unit – Observing the work of several Surrealist collage artists, like Julien Pacaud, students will learn about the meaning of the term Surrealism, and how it is used in collage art. They will then go on to create their own weird, wild and wonderful collages, using varied sources such as books, magazines, and hand-made paper, while also including an image of themselves within the composition.
6th Grade – Frank Stella, Protractor Series Designs
Description of the Unit – Students will observe and discuss the work of Frank Stella, focusing particularly on his Protractor series, and will themselves use a protractor to create designs inspired by this series.
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4th Grade – Dioramas of Native Californians
Description of the Unit – To support their research of California’s first Americans, students worked in groups to create dioramas representing the lives of a particular tribe (assigned to their group).
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5th Grade – Found Art Assemblage Inspired by the Art of Louise Nevelson
Description of the Unit – Students will explore the monochromatic, found-art assemblages of Louise Nevelson, and create their own in small groups.
1st Grade – Bug on a Leaf
Description of the Unit – Students will explore creating a three-dimensional paper sculpture of a bug on a leaf. The bug and leaf will be embellished with all sorts of patterns and colors to reinforce these artistic elements.
Kindergarten – Picasso’s Dog Lump
Description of the Unit – It’s a fun experiment to introduce students this young to the concept of multiple perspectives. To approach this concept in a playful way, students created a Picasso-inspired oil pastel illustration of his beloved dog Lump.
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2nd Grade – Recreating Vincent van Gogh’s Sunflowers
Description of the Unit – Second grade students explored Vincent van Gogh’s unique style of painting by observing and then recreating his famous Sunflowers still life.
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3rd Grade – Cityscape Mosaics inspired by Paul Klee
This is an exciting, multistep exploration of shape and color inspired by one of my favorite artists, Paul Klee. This unit is an extension of a previous one, which you can see here: https://anitasagastegui.com/2020/06/08/3rd-grade-paul-klees-magic-square-series/. The difference being that this time students are creating mosaic collages rather than drawings, so we emphasize the terms background, middle ground and foreground, as well an understanding of overlapping elements.
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In the K-8 Art Studio with Anita Sagastegui 