Georgia O'Keeffe flowers

You can't tell here but these are actully quite large. The 5th and 6th graders have been hard at work on these oversize flowers in the style of American artist Georgia O'Keeffe

Cherry Blossoms

These beautiful paintings are by the 7th and 8th grade students. They are Japanese style ink images of the cherry blossoms that bloom every spring in Japan.

The City

K2 built their own cars on sticks to drive through a city they created using colored shapes. 

Bug Jar

We read the story "Miss Spider's Tea Party" and talked about all the bugs mentioned in the book. Then had a little drawing lesson on how to make a jar with the lid in perspective. Of course the jar then got filled with all the great bugs from the story.

Oil pastel peacocks

The 3rd and 4th grade class have been working on these large scale drawings of peacocks. It's a close up of the head with the feathers displayed behind. Oil pastels are the perfect medium for this project because of the brilliant colors.

Salvador Dali



Salvador Dali was the outrageous artist from the Surrealist movement. Not only did his art make waves but in life he would cause a scene too. He would grow his mustache very long and shape it in crazy directions with wax. This along with crazy clothes and a pet ocelot he knew how to get attention. After discussing his contribution to art and his personality the 1st and 2nd graders made portraits of Dali. The signature mustache was added at the end with black construction paper.

Kaleidoscope Names

These cool looking designs are really the names of students in 7th and 8th grade. The project was to draw your name in block letter style then make the reflection of the drawing. It's then repeated around the page. Once color is added it becomes a complicated pattern.

A Color of His Own

Leo Lionni made another appearance in art with the 1st and 2nd grade class. We watched a video of the story A Color of His Own. After I did a drawing lesson on how to draw a Chameleon. After the students added the rainbow colors with watercolor paint.

Theodore and the Talking Mushroom

I read the story Theodore and the Talking Mushroom by Leo Lionni then had fun making our own talking mushrooms using tempera paint and bottle caps to stamp the spots. Theodore the mouse was make with cut paper and crayons. Some of the students added their own interpretation of the story by adding "Quirp" to the mushrooms. So smart!