Sunday, October 11, 2015

October in the art room

 1st graders are building on the weaving skills they learned in kindergarten by weaving large fish. The  sparkly crowns are awarded when they attain "master weaver" status by weaving 4 rows correctly. 
 3rd grade is exploring the southwest desert in these beautiful chalk pastel landscapes. 
Kindergartners explored primary and secondary colors in these sweet mice collages. Each one has a unique personality. 

Sunday, August 30, 2015

Zentangles and Kindergarten Masterpieces

If you haven't heard of Zentangles, you are missing out on an addictive hobby! I introduced "Tangling" to the 5th graders for our first project, and our 45 minutes classes have been superbly meditative and calm.  These beautiful Zentangled animals will be mounted on a soft watercolor wash. They are just gorgeous!

Kindergarten is having so much fun with their first painting project. We have learned about the first 3 Elements of Art...Line, Shape and Color.  I love that every painting is entirely unique. 


Monday, August 10, 2015

First week in the books!

The first week of school was a flurry of activity in the art room.  5th and 4th grade worked together  to create a beautiful collaborative art piece that will soon hang in the learning commons. 2nd and 3rd grade pondered the question "What is Art?" and illustrated a word to describe what art means to them. 1st graders finished miniature self-portraits and described why they love art.  Being new to the art room, kindergartners were assessed in their ability to color, cut and glue as they created a shape man.  I can't wait to see how creative they will be this year!
Kinder learn some basic coloring, cutting and gluing techniques.

4th and 5th grade work on a collaborative art piece.

2nd and 3rd grade ponder the meaning of art.

Wednesday, May 13, 2015

Flextangle Fun!

As an end of year project, the 5th graders created flextangles. They were so popular that many students are begging to make more.  Here is the link to the template and a video on how to make these fun toys.

Saturday, March 28, 2015

Art Show!


The annual art show is this Thursday, April 2nd from 5:30 to 7:30.  Pre-sale forms went home last week with your child.  Frames are $25.  Don't miss this opportunity for your child to show off their amazing artwork and make it a part of your permanent collection!

Sunday, January 25, 2015

January fun

It's hard to believe that January is almost over.  Every grade is knee-deep in new projects and mediums.  Before the holidays, 3rd grade art students collaborated with Mrs. Gardner in the music department. With the extra hands of many parent volunteers, each child created a clay whistle, or an "ocarina"  during art class. Mrs. Gardner and I spent several hours over the week trimming and tuning each clay whistle by hand.  This month we decorated the ocarinas using underglazes. 




5th grade finished up a multi-media project inspired by Surrealism. After learning how to draw a room using 1-point perspective, they created a collage of out-of-this world elements. This was a fun and inspiring project.




Kindergartners amazed me last week.  After studying our faces in a mirror and looking at all the shapes and lines that make up our features, they were able to draw incredible self-portraits. No more stick figures for these kids!



And finally, 3rd grade is finishing up a unit on Folk Art inspired by a native Georgia artist, Beverly Buchanan.  Using all recycled materials, they constructed "shacks" on cardboard and this week we painted them in the brightest colors and patterns.  I am so excited to display these masterpieces.