Snowglobes

The 2nd graders made festive snowglobes to ring in the new year. After drawing a Holiday scene for the inside of the globe they added the snow with paint and a cotton swab. I wish I could show all of them!

3D Snowflakes

Before the Christmas break some of the older students got to try their hand at making some large paper snowflakes. We have shelves full of snowflakes waiting to be constructed. They are quite impressive once completed. I found the directions at WikiHow: http://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-3D-Paper-Snowflake

Fall Pastels

I'm a little late posting this project. The 7th grade and 8th grade classes worked with pastels for the first time. They had various fall items to choose from then pick a contrasting color for the background.

Kandinsky Circles

This popular lesson is always a winner. The 2nd grade students worked in color pastels to create the vibrant circle designs in the style of Wassily Kandinsky http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wassily_Kandinsky

Tape resist Trees

The 3rd and 4th grade students made some beautiful birch tree pictures using masking tape, watercolor paint and colored pencils. What makes me very happy is when students come to class and tell me they tried the lesson at home on their own.

Abstract Sculptures

Who would have thought that these modern looking abstract sculptures where once discarded boxes. The 2nd grade students transformed the cardboard using tempera paint and a little imagination. I think they like the fact that you can change the position of the pieces when ever you want.

Mini Food Sculptures in a Triarama

The assignment was to use air dry clay and make food for a feast but in mini size. The students got creative using tools to make textures on the clay to make it look more realistic. Once the clay was dry they painted with acrylic paint then finished it off with a clear sealant. To display the food the 5th and 6th graders made a Triarama with a table surface and a background scene that works with the food being served. The project finished around Christmas time so we got a lot of scenes for that season.

Texture Quilt

This rubbing project is made of different textures the K2 class found. We had legos, sandpaper, netting, cardboard, ect. I think they were proud of the results.

Alberto Giacometti Sculptures (work in progress)

The seventh graders have been working for awhile on their wire sculptures influenced by the 20th century artist Alberto Giacometti http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberto_Giacometti

I will post the final artwork when the students are done. So far they have worked in wire, tin foil, paper mache and paint.

Yarn Mosaic

The 4th graders made this cool pattern using just yarn and glue. This is a form of mosaic but using pieces of yarn, not tiles. The contrasting colors of red and blue really make it pop.

A nod to Eric Carle

I think all the 1st gr. and 2nd gr. students knew the story "The Very Hungry Caterpillar". However I don't think they knew they could make art just like the illustrator of the book Eric Carle. After two classes we had a class full of hungry caterpillars! Nice job.

Window art

K2 made the artroom window beautiful with their collage of transparent and opaque paper.

Each student got a sheet of clear contact paper and various pieces of cut tissue paper and construction paper. Once we stuck the finished pieces on the windows we could see the difference between transparent and opaque.

Crazy line art

1st and 2nd grade started by drawing a swirly curly line. Then find the shapes they made. Each shape is then filled with a pattern they make up. The end result is a cool looking piece of art.

There's a worm in my apple!

K2 drew an apple then painted it. After it dried some little worms got to them and made a hole!

Very cute.

After having fun with the apples the students whipped up some friendly owls with eyes that glow in the dark!

Helping the penguins

I read a story about the penguins of New Zealand that were sick from the oil spill. Knitters around the world made cute little sweaters for the penguins to keep them warm after they were cleaned of the oil and it helped to keep them from picking at their feathers and getting sick from ingesting the oil. This inspired a fun project. The 3rd graders made a penguin then weaved yarn in the slots on the side to make a cute red sweater.

Bear drawing lesson

Step by step the 1st and 2nd graders worked on the same bear image. It's interesting how each bear looks the same but also different. They each have their own personality.