Starry Night mural

 

Wow!

 

I really like the way this came out.

The 3rd and 4th grade class made all the parts to this version of Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh. 

Glazy Days

It's that time of the year.

Clay projects.

We are lucky to have the opportunity to work with Mrs. D at

Glazy Days and make ceramics from beginning to end.

Don't forget to get the permission slips in by April 1st.

Art Fair

A reminder to everyone!!!

 

Art Fair is April 4th 6:30-8:00.

come see all the great work your children

have been doing so far. I'm quite proud of

all of them.

Joan Miro (monsters)

 

 

I found this great little game. It's based off the painting of Joan Miro. The 3rd and 4th grade class had some free time so they gave it a try. You roll a die and the number you get corresponds to a shape to draw. When done you get a original "Miro" looking monster. I think they liked it. Here is a link to the game sheet.

Snow sculpture

Wow, Natalie in first grade made quite the impressive snow sculpture. This is what to do when Mother Nature dumps a ton of snow on us, make art with it! It was smart to take a picture because the only problem with snow is, it melts.

Art Club

 

The painting Art Club came to a close this week. I was impressed in how confident the students got working with paints. Both their brush stroke and color mixing improved. The top image is by the 6-7 graders. They were asked to duplicate "The Scream" by Munch in large format. The figure will be added later. I'll post it when it's done (it's a surprise). The 4-5 graders made the giant pencils.

Mona Lisa

 

The 3rd grade class learned about the history of  Mona Lisa. The smile of Mona is a mystery and was the focus of the lesson. The students had to take the Mona Lisa somewhere that will make here smile. We got all kinds of great ideas. Roller coasters, beach, playground, and even the Blue Man Group!

Finished Rugs

 

It might be hard to tell here but these are miniature rugs. Using small sections of canvas the 7th grade painted it to look like Navajo Rugs and Persian Rugs. Small pieces of jute rope was used for the fringe on the ends. The rugs can be used as bookmarks too.



School Auction (7th grade)

This is a stretched canvas with drawings the 7th grade class did for the school auction. Each student got a close up photo of a flower. Then in the style of Georgia O'Keefe they drew with sharpies onto tissue paper. They were then glued onto the canvas. I will look nice in some one's home. 

Come to the Tufts Library!

 

 

Now showing at the Tufts Library, origami by students of Sacred Heart School. It will be on view for the week March 4 - March 9. It's in the glass case right when you come in the main enterance.

Art Club (painting)

 

Art Club is the place to be. The students really have made major progress. This week we started by using the skill we learned last week painting tones of a color. Light, medium and dark tones of red where used to make a painting of an apple. The contrasting blue background really help to make it pop. After the apples the class got into groups and made some over sized pencils with the proper shading to make them look real. I got some of them hanging up outside the classroom.

Happy Birthday Dr. Suess

 

For Dr. Suess's birthday we made a Tizzle topped something, I forgot it's name. It's from a Dr. Suess story, but also the 3rd graders got to work on how to draw layers. This crazy bird thing has a very long neck with layers of patterned feathers.

Dog Collage

I think the 8th grade did a wonderful job with this project. It takes a lot of patients and an eye for color. Every student got a picture of a dog and then had to recreate it using only magazines for the color. Before starting I showed work by artist Samuel Price who does extra large versions of this process.

Work from "home"

 

Laren from 6th grade painted this beautiful ocean scene at a class in Boston. Thanks for sharing it with the class, you should be proud of your work.

Hedgehogs

 

So now I know that if you want to get the attention of a Kindergartner just show pictures of cute hedgehogs. The loved it. After, they worked on their cutting skills and cut the quills for their own hedgehog. They also got to decide if the little guy would live in the wild or as a pet.