Lego Minifigure Self Portrait

 

These were done by the 1st grade after we watch a video about artist that

make large scale sculptures out of Legos.

 

Here is a link to a minifigure template for you to try one.

Scratchboard

 

Scratchboard is thick paper that has a layer of black ink printed on top.

The artist uses a metal tipped tool to scratch away the black ink leaving the white to show.

It's drawing in reverse. It's tougher though. It takes skill to get it to scrape the way you want.

Each of the 5th and 6th grade class started by drawing with pencil lightly an ear of corn. Then after finishing the scratching they added color with sharpies. 



Tepees and Canoes

 

The board outside the art room is all ready for Thanksgiving with Native American art by K2 and 1st grade. The K2 decorated their own tepee with unique lines that I drew on the chalkboard for them. The materials used were oil pastels.

 

The canoes were constructed by 1st grade with paper towel tubes and painted to look like birch tree bark. If you look close you can see the happy passengers.

3-D Abstract Sculpture

 

Did you know that we have a class of abstract artist in 1st grade.

This is a great example by Julian.

The fun thing about these sculptures are that they can be changed anytime you want to.

Work from Home

 

Thanks to Jack in 1st grade for bringing in this collection of art he did at home. Drawing flags are tough! He handled it quite well. The stars take some skill. Nice job!

I especially love the Christmas Spidey.

 



Texture Quilts

Ok, yes this the third year of doing this project. But it's such a great lesson I have to see how each K2 class does with it. As you can see this year was very successful. Each table got a variety of textures (sandpaper, texture wallpaper, Legos, floor tiles, etc..). Then after drawing the quilt squares they made each square a different pattern by rubbing crayons over the texture.

Lucha Libre Mask

The 8th graders had to come up with their own Lucha Libre character and design the mask with coordinating outfit. They also had to flex their Spanish skills with naming the character. Each student picked two colors to work with and used a template for the mask shape. The markings on the mask needed to represent the personality of the wrestler. Some are good, some are evil and some are part animal.

Here is a link to a series of videos about the sport.

 

 

Notan

 Here we have an excellent example of Notan.

The 5th and 6th grade class used blue construction paper to cut shapes to

create negative and positive designs.