Second grade artists have been learning about how to create a self-portrait! We began by learning about some of the “rules” of our faces and drew them with black marker. Everyone tried their best to match the details of their own face in their drawing. Then each artist used oil pastels to create a pattern …
Kindergarten artists created a self-portrait in the art room! They began by drawing and painting a head, neck, hair, and shoulders. Then they added facial features with oil pastels. They finished by designing a background using shapes, lines, and colors.
While learning about SHAPE, an element of art, Kindergarten artists created drawings, collages, and paintings. They drew a train made out of different shapes during one art class. They created robots out of shapes that they cut and glued during another class. We read the book “The Shape of my Heart” during another class and …
Fourth grade artists each created a self-portrait using a Fauvist style. We looked at artwork that is a part of the Fauvism movement and noticed how they used bright colors and had expressive brushstrokes. Each artist began by drawing themselves using what we learned about facial proportions. Then they painted their face using many colors …
First and second grade artists in Mrs. Salami’s class made bird sculptures! They began by bending wire to make a bird’s body and wings and covered it in tape. Then they covered their armature in plaster strips. Once dry, they painted their birds using analogous colors, or colors next to each other on the color …
First grade artists have been learning about warm and cool colors in the art room! They began by painting two different papers using only warm colors or only cool colors. They chose from a variety of texture tools to add designs to their papers such as forks, sponges, stamps, popsicle sticks, splatter paint, etc. Then …
Fourth grade artists in Ms. Kesserouani’s class created felt monsters! They began by designing their own monster from their imagination. Then they made a template and cut their monster shape from two pieces of felt. Details were added with felt and/or fabric paint, and the final step was to sew and stuff the monsters.
Third grade artists took a small break from their crazy bird sculptures to learn about a new artists, Peter Max. We created our own versions of Peter Max’s painted hearts using warm and cool colors in time for Valentine’s Day. Each artist painted a heart and a frame using only cool, or only warm, colors, …
Fifth grade artists are learning about positive and negative space in the art room! Each artist made a Notan artwork. They started with a square of paper and cut out shapes from all four sides, flipped them over, and glued them to the outside of their square. We started by practicing a Notan during …
First and second grade artists in Mrs. Salami’s class are learning about FORMS, or 3D shapes. Each artist practiced drawing five of the 3D shapes they are leaning in the art room. We learned that if we show multiple sides and a shadow, we can make a drawing look 3D. Then each artist cut out …