1st Grade Organic and Geometric Monster...

 the Elements of Art:  Shapes

Organic Shapes

African Abstract 

Nikki Chu

Geometric  Shapes

Lady with a Turban

Nikki Chu

Mixing Organic and Geometric  Shapes

Modern Turban Queen

Nikki Chu

Who is Nikki Chu?

Nikki Chu is a talented and inventive, powerful businesswoman in the world of product design and interiors. She was born and raised in Toronto, Canada.  Nikki has always had a passion to design since childhood. After realizing her love for the arts, Nikki attended a specialized design school called International Academy of Design.

Check out this amazing Video from the blog Art is Basic

Watch this YouTube video about geometric and organic shapes fro (Links to an external site.)

What are Geometric shapes?

Geometric shapes such as circles, triangles or squares have perfect, uniform measurements or regular sides and shapes. They do not usually appear in nature. 

Shapes created by Eric Carle

What are Organic Shapes?

Organic shapes are associated with things from the natural world, like plants and animals.

They have irregular sides and shapes.  Humans, flowers and fish are organic shapes.

Collage Les

Henri Matisse

Learn more about Matisse and create your own Matisse inspired project here (Links to an external site.)

Our inspiration Piece 

Lesson 4. Organic Geo Monster

1. You will create a monster that has an organic shaped body. Remember to fill the page with your organic shape.

2. Inside your monster you will add geometric shapes

3. Inside your monster you will also add in lots of organic shapes.

4. Make sure you monster has arms and legs and eyes and a face.

5. The rest of the monsters details are artist's choice. That means you can decide what to add on next.

6. When you have finished designing your monster color it with crayons. 

7. You may color the back ground if you choose to.

8. Remember your monster has to have organic and geometric shapes in it.

9. Make sure to hit the Submit Assignment button to turn your work in. The due date is Oct 12, 2020

Lesson 4. Organic Geo Monster Steps

Step 1. Draw the organic body of your monster.

Step 2. Add in geometric and organic shapes.

Step 3. Give your monster lots of details including arms and eyes.

Step 4. Give your monster a face.

Step 5. Color your monster.

                                            

Nicholas Krushenick Professional Development Day Project...

Nicholas Krushenick

Foam art work example

Krushenick 

This project is based on the work of  Phyl from the art teacher blog

"There's a Dragon In My Art Room"

Awesome project Phyl thank you for sharing!

The awesome new elementary teachers working on their Krushenick form project at 

Connect in Prince William County. I was so happy to be invited to be part of this great program. 

I can not say enough about how awesome my county is and how wonderful the arts program is. 

So I get to watch 7 new elementary art teachers shine this year. I will be like a proud mama mentor!

This stuff cuts like butter and can be held together with stick glue, that's right I said stick glue.

Nicholas Krushenick (May 31, 1929 – February 5, 1999) was one of the forerunners of the pop artmovement. Krushenick began showing his work publicly in New York in 1957, at the age of 28. By 1962, his work was shown at upscale galleries and, by the year 2000, was part of major permanent collections throughout New York and the United States. (Wikipedia)

Suggested Artists and Movements for lesson plans--Matisse, Stella, organic/geometric, Abstract Expressionism, Pop Art, Warhol, graphic art, Hans Hofmann, Lorser Feitelson, Op Art, Percisionism Art, Karl Benjamin, Modern Art, Robert Delaunay, printmaking…

Link to Dick Blicks Foam sheet page...HERE 

2nd Grade Shoe Prints with Organic and Geometric Shapes...

First we looked at the difference between organic and geometric shapes. 

Then we filled the page with both types of shapes. The next step is to paint...with no white spots remaining.

When the painting is dry we outlined the shapes with

black paint.

The next week is everyone's favorite!

The kids take turns kicking off their shoes and putting

on old running shoes with fancy treads....

Then walking through wet white tempera paint.

Then they walk across their painting!

I have a mat on the other side of the panting where

they take off their shoes.

A finished piece!!!

The kids love this project on printmaking!