Fifth grade artists experimetned with photography for this project! They learned what would happen when they changed the shutter speed. We used a slower shutter speed to capture movement and light and created light paintings! Each artist designed their own photo that would show a trait of theirs and then assigned members of their group …
The week before winter break, fourth grade artists created a 2-day winter train drawing that showed perspective! They learned how to draw a train that looked like it was moving towards the viewer by making it get smaller as it moved up the paper. Then they colored their drawing with chalk learning how to blend …
Third grade artists created functional art pieces using coils! They each rolled several coils out of clay and then built up their coils to create a cup or bowl! Once fired, each artist glazed their coil creations and were able to take them home before winter break!
Fourth grade artists showed some of their family traditions as well as perspective with this drawing assignment! They learned a little about how the shapes of table tops, rugs, plates, and glasses might be changed if you are looking at them from different angles. Then they tried to draw their own family’s dinner traditions while …
Second grade artists discussed this year’s PTA reflection theme: “Look Within”, and discussed how we could show in our artwork what is inside of ourselves. We used our new skill of drawing “bubble people” and drew ourselves as a bubble, then filled the inside with things that could help someone learn more about us. Colored …
While waiting for their group’s turn to use the camera to take their light painting photos, each fifth grade artist was able to create a series of realistic animal eye drawings using oil pastel. They practiced matching colors to their animal eye photo and had to blend or mix colors with the oil pastels.
Kindergarten artists used the PTA reflections prompt, “Look Within” for this painting. They drew what was in their hearts: things that they love, and things about themselves that you may not be able to see on the outside!
Second grade artists created a mandala design while they were learning about radial symmetry in the art room! They created a circle out of paper and added 4 lines of symmetry going through the circle. Then they drew designs in one of the pieces of the circle and then repeated their design in each piece! …
Fourth grade artists have been learning about different media in the art room! For this project, each artist chose a life cycle to show in their artwork. Each stage of the life cycle was created with a different material. We used oil pastels and tried to create the look of an oil painting by blending …
First grade artists used the PTA reflection theme, “Look Within”, as inspiration for our next artwork! Each artist drew a large pair of binoculars and then drew things that they liked, things that described them, and ways that they feel inside of the lenses. We talked about the difference between seeing what someone looks like …