Kindergarten artists have been learning about shapes and how to draw them in the art room! During the art class before we left for winter break, each artist drew their own train made out of all different shapes! When they were done drawing they colored and added details like snowflakes, windows, people ridding in the …
Second grade artists looked at artwork that has radial symmetry with Ms. McGowan, our student teacher! The artwork we looked at was from Pennsylvania and was called a Hex Design. These designs were usually hung on barns for good luck. Just like a hexagon has six sides, our hex designs have six sections. Each artist …
Fifth grade artists created these square Notan artworks! We learned about positive and negative space in artwork and how some Notan artworks have the positive and negative space complete each other. Each artist started with a square and cut designs from each side, they saved their pieces and glued them in reverse outside of the …
Third grade artists created these weaving designs on burlap fabric! They began by looking at Native American artwork, and focused on Native American weavings for inspiration. Using a scrap piece of burlap, artists were able to take out some of the weft strings to weave in yarn, cardboard pieces, beads, and pipe cleaners! Each artist …
The artists in the young 5’s class created an underwater fish collage! They used a stamping method to add designs to paper as well as mixed two colors to create a new color on another paper. These papers were then used to cut their fish from. We learned that a fish can be made with …
Fifth grade artists created these paper pop-up sculptures during one art class. They had the challenge of creating a 3-D piece of artwork using only one piece of paper, folding, and cutting, but not losing any paper!
Fifth grade artists looked at the collage artworks of Romare Bearden in art class. We looked at how elements of jazz music could be seen in a visual way in his artwork of musicians. Each artist created their own mixed media collage that showed an experience from their life. They changed or exaggerated certain features …