Paper Pumpkins!

5th and 6th grade have been working long and hard on their paper mache pumpkins. Recycled shopping bags, newspaper, bubble wrap, rubber bands and tissue paper where used to make the beautiful sculptures.

K2 Collage

Using all sorts of bits of recycled materials the K2 class made some really cool looking images. Some were fun designs and some were life scenes.

Self Portraits/Favorite Season

This is a small group of the self portraits done by the 1st and 2nd graders. I wish I could show all of them. Each one is bursting with personality. The students were asked to do a self portrait, head and shoulders only and take the time to show details of the face. We talked about the often forgotten details like eyelashes, brows, lips, ears, ect. Once the figure was completed we talked about our favorite seasons. If it's fall then what colors should we use? Warm or cool? What would you see in the landscape? Also what kind of clothes should you be wearing?

Sea Life Mural

The 3rd and 4th graders out did themselves with their mural project. The assignment was to create a new type of fish or sea life. Then draw it with oil pastels. This was the first time using oil pastels for most of the class. I was impressed with how they mastered it. We ended up with quite the variety of colorful fish. The next step was to do a large "real" sea critter. Sharks, seals, rays and all sorts of ideas came to them. The final step was to work as a team and paint the ocean for the background with paint. However, the students produced so many fish that you can't even see the ocean background. We had so many fish that I have many up in the classroom too. Well done!

Primary Fish

1st and 2nd grade students learned about primary and secondary colors. With only yellow, red and blue paint they mixed to make green and orange to finish the fish scene. These are some happy fish!

Color mixing tissue - K2

What happens when you mix red and blue?

K2 played with colored tissue paper and saw that when you put red on top of blue you get purple.

Next they worked on their tracing skills by tracing a large leaf shape on the tissue. We then discussed the veins of the leaf and how in brings the water to the leaf. After adding the veins they cut their leaves so I could add them to the special "closet" tree in the room.

Pop Art Sneakers

The 7th and 8th graders have been working hard on this project and it has payed off. They were asked to take one of their sneakers and do a contour drawing. It takes a lot of control to draw without taking the pen off the paper. Then the next step was to look at the sneaker for shapes and patterns to use for the background. This is something used often in advertising. To top it off the background is only to be painted in tones of grey. Project well done!