Second grade artists read the story “Snowmen at Night” by Caralyn Buehner in the art room. Each artist created their own drawing of what snowmen might do at night if they came to life! We used oil pastels to add color to our drawings and learned how to blend or mix colors using oil pastels. …
Fifth grade artists created their own parody of the painting “American Gothic” by Grant Wood. After learning more about the painting “American Gothic” and what a parody is, each artist used their own ideas to create a new painting that resembled the original painting but changed certain elements to add humor.
Fourth grade artists have been working very hard on creating their own tree house sculptures! They began by building a tree out of recycled materials and adding paper mache on top of it to make it stronger. Then they used cardboard and other recycled materials to build a house that would fit into their trees. …
Third grade artists created coil bowls! They began by learning a little about clay and the ceramic-making process. They also had the chance to practice making a small coil piece that would be used for a later project. Then they were able to make their own bowls using coils! The second and third grade artists …
The artists in Mrs. Davidson’s young five’s class created snowy penguin collages! They draw snowflakes by drawing lines with a white oil pastel on a white paper. They painted with cool colored paints to reveal their snowflakes, this was a watercolor resist method of painting. Then they used the shapes they are learning about to …
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 …