Monthly Archives: April 2016
4th grade Creative Color Wheels
Fourth grade artists each created their own color wheel with paint in the art room! But instead of a typical color wheel, they used their creativity to change something into a color wheel. Artists drew something round and divided it into 12 sections. They started by painting the primary colors, red, yellow, and blue. They …
5th Grade Weavings
Fifth grade artists have been busy weaving in the art room! They started by making a loom from recycled cardboard. They had to measure, cut, and add a warp string. The warp strings are the strings that are vertical and help to hold the weaving together. Then artists began weaving by following an under, over, …
First Grade Warm/Cool Paper Weaving
First grade artists have been weaving with paper! They began by learning about abstract art and drawing and painting an abstract design during one art class. They reviewed warm and cool color families by using only warm colors or only cool colors in their painting. Then they measured and cut their paper to turn it into …
Second grade Flower Collages
Second grade artists have created flower collages in the art room! We looked at the parts of a flower and the job of each part. Artists used painted papers they had made while learning about texture to cut out their stems, leaves, and, petals. All of the pieces were glued down to a paper to …
Mrs. Beydoun’s Henna Hands
Second grade artists in Mrs. Beydoun’s class are studying the country of India! In art class, each artist has been working on their own henna designs. Each artist traced their hands and then used a combination of shapes and lines to create their own unique henna designs. In class, we looked at different henna designs from …
4th grade Albanian Landscapes
4th grade Malaysian Architecture
Fourth grade artists in Mrs. Bublitz’s class are learning all about Malaysia! In art class, students each chose a piece of architecture from Malaysia and drew it with black marker. They focused on including as many details as they could. Next, students chose three analogous colors that are next to each other on the color …
Mrs. Nasir’s Silver Beads from Yemen
Mrs. Nasir’s class is studying the country of Yemen! In the art room artists looked at the very detailed silver beads that are made in Yemen. Each artist created beads out of clay and added texture for details. Texture describes the way something feels. When the clay dried, each artist painted their clay beads silver. …
Mrs. Klein’s Architecture from Pakistan
The fifth grade artists in Mrs. Klein’s class have been studying the country of Pakistan in class. In the art room they each chose a famous piece of architecture from Pakistan and drew it as they saw it in their photo. They focused on adding as much detail from the building as they could. Then …