Elvis, Leif Erikson, Walt Disney, Cleopatra, Shakespeare.....these are just a few characters you will see in the front display case right now. The 5th graders have had so much fun creating historical figure clay busts. After studying the Greek orders of architecture, they chose a column to construct from clay. They had to chose a figure of importance to sculpt and place on top of the column. After an initial bisque firing, the figures were painted with acrylic and metallic paints.
Weaving is one of my favorite skills to teach in art. Right now 1st graders are learning how to weave with paper, and 2nd and 3rd grade are weaving with yarn. Paper plates make great looms, as the 3rd graders are discovering. After painting colorful concentric circles, they decorated them with oil pastels and "dressed" them with the warp this week. Look for those weavings hanging in the halls after Thanksgiving.
