First Grade Chalk Flowers

First grade artists have been practicing observational drawing and looking for details in an object as they draw. They looked at flowers in the art room and drew as many details as they could with glue. They also tried to draw their flower large enough so that it went off of their paper, or was …

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Student Art Show

This year we have 11 artists in Dearborn’s City Wide Student Art Show! The opening night is Wednesday, April 24th starting at 4:00 and the show will be up until May 29th.  It is located in the Padzieski gallery in the Ford Community and Performing Arts Center. Stop by and see all of the wonderful …

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Third Grade One Point Perspective

Third grade artists learned how to draw using one-point perspective! They created an art exercise where they used a vanishing point and drew shapes coming from the vanishing point. They used oil pastels to color their shapes using one color plus black and white to create different values of their color. Then they painted the …

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Fifth Grade Collagraph Prints

Fifth grade artists used different textured materials to create a collagraph printing plate and then practiced the printmaking process to create collagraph prints! They sketched a design for their collapraph plate, then cut and glued different materials on top of their sketch. Some artists created abstract designs while others created landscapes, faces, or other objects.  …

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First Grade Kite Designers

First grade artists have been learning a song in music class from Japan about kites and they created their own kite in art class! We started by looking at different kites throughout history. Kites come in all different shapes and sizes and some have different functions or purposes. Each artist created a sketch for their …

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