Third grade artists have finished their tree weaving! We began this project by learning about landscapes and painting a landscape on a paper plate. Each artist used details to show a particular season and a particular time of day/night. After painting the landscapes, everyone had to turn their plate into a loom. A loom is …
Fifth grade artists learned about the artist Chuck Close in the art room! We looked at his grid portraits and his fingerprint portraits and used these as an inspiration for our own self-portraits! Each artist began by making a mini self portrait using a photo as a reference as a way to practice drawing their …
Fourth grade artists have been learning about the color wheel and the order of the colors, how to mix colors, and which ones are primary, secondary, and tertiary. Instead of painting a normal color wheel, each artist was able to come up with their own creative design that included a color wheel in it. After …
Kindergarten artists drew springtime birds one day in art class last week! We looked at pictures of birds that were standing or sitting and found shapes and lines that were used to make them. Artists used chalk to draw and color their birds.
First grade artists looked at the pattern-filled artwork of Kerry Ambrosino for inspiration for their latest art pieces. They began by folding a paper and drawing 8 different patterns in each section. Then they used watercolor paints to paint over each pattern. Next, each artist created a painted sky by mixing blue and white to …