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.
