Warm Hearts and Helping Hands
by Shelley Schoby, K-2 Art Instructor
In art this week, students were
introduced to the idea that artists use color to add to an
artwork’sIn art this week, students were introduced to the idea
that artists use color to add to an artwork’s mood or feeling.
Students were introduced to the artists Georgia O’Keeffe and George
Agnew Reid. Both artists used mostly warm or cool colors in their
artwork to help the viewer understand what it would feel like to
live in Canada and New Mexico.
Students created a shape collage of a Warm Hearts and Helping Hands
by grouping geometric, free form and organic shapes together. Warm
colors were placed in the heart, cool colors filled shapes in the
negative space and neutral colors were located on the hand.
mood or feeling. Students were introduced to the
artists Georgia O’Keeffe and George Agnew Reid. Both artists used
mostly warm or cool colors in their artwork to help the viewer
understand what it would feel like to live in Canada and New
Mexico.
Students created a shape collage of a Warm
Hearts and Helping Hands by grouping geometric, free form and
organic shapes together. Warm colors were placed in the heart, cool
colors filled shapes in the negative space and neutral colors were
located on the hand.
