Kindergarten Shape Trains
Kindergarten artists have been practicing making shapes in the art room! This class created a train with different shaped cars during one art class. Some of us added snow and stars to the sky too.
Fifth Grade Charcoal Masks
Fifth grade artists looked at masks from South Korea. They learned about the many purposes and types of masks. For this project, we used only the masks from dances and plays. Notice how all of the masks have a very exaggerated expression so that the audience could see the character’s emotion. Students started by drawing …
5th grade Henna Hand Bowls
5th grade artists in Mrs. Hourani’s class looked at henna designs and talked about the purpose and meaning of the designs. Then everyone created a hand bowl out of clay! They used the slab method and used a slip-and-score technique to attach a base for the bowl to rest on. Then students created henna designs …
5th Grade ZenDoodle Animals
Fifth grade artists have practiced “finding their ZEN” as they drew a Zentangle. Students then chose an animal to draw and created eight different Zentangles inside of the animal. Analogous colors were used to paint around the animal so that the Zentangle Animal would really POP!
Third Grade Architects
Third graders read all about architecture and became architects for our next project. After looking at Edward Hopper’s “House by the Railroad”, students learned what makes a house a “Victorian” house. Students practiced making sketches of houses with towers, turrets, many stories, decorative trim, and made sure their houses were not symmetrical. After designing two …
Kindergarten Mondrian Spider Webs
Kindergarten artists read a story about the Itsy Bitsy Spider and created a spider web using horizontal, vertical, and diagonal lines. Then students looked at the artwork of Piet Mondrian and learned about the primary colors. The primary colors were used to color the shapes created between the spider web lines. Some students added …
First Grade Secondary Color Pumpkin Collage
First graders refreshed their knowledge of the primary colors, horizontal, and vertical lines by creating a “Mini-Mondrian” during one art class. The next art class, we mixed the primary colors of paint (red, yellow, and blue) to create the secondary colors (green, orange, and violet). When the papers were dry, we cut out a …
5th Grade Gerhard Richter Paintings
Fifth grade classes tried their hand at a one-day abstract art painting technique, inspired by Gerhard Richter. Students painted full sheets of paper using 3-4 colors, focusing on shapes and colors. Then, using cardboard, students pulled new colors of paint across the paper. They repeated this process until they were satisfied with their painting. Here …
Fourth Grade 1 Point Perspective
Fourth grade artists have been learning about perspective in art class. We learned techniques to make objects appear as though they are far away from us while others are close up. Artists all started by drawing a horizon line (where the ground meets the sky). Then they added a small dot on this line called the …
Kindergarten Lines
Kindergarten artists have finished their unit on line and can now make many types of lines with many different materials. We started by creating lines with our arms and imagined they were snakes! We drew lines with crayons and pencils. We created line SCULPTURES with paper and glue. Our sculptures are not flat and can …