K2 Primary Color Tree

 

Here is the finished product of the primary color leafs the K2 class made.

This class is solid on their primary colors now.

Work from the Summer

 

 

Raj in grade 5 is always impressing me with all the artwork he does on his own time.

I always tell the students that the more they draw the better they get.

Thanks to Raj for sharing this great anime character with me and letting me share it on the blog.

 Keep up the great work.

Hippos under water

 

The second graders have been working for the past two weeks on these multi media masterpieces. First they followed me step by step on how to draw a nice fat hippo. Then they colored them in with crayons leaving the water and sky. Next they used water down tempera paint for the sky and water. It's a great effect when the blue paint still shows the crayon drawing under. This is a great way to make layers images and play with transparency. This class can handle anything I give them. I was impressed. I think they had fun too.

Hand Contour with Lines

 

 

I had the 8th grade do this lesson last year too. It always has a cool finished effect.

First they traced their hand with pencil. Then they added the strait lines across with a small sharpie and ruler. Then just by adding the curved lines in the tracing of the hand it suddenly has dimension.

Work from Home

 

We don't have homework in art class, but I love to show off any work my students do on their own time. It's nice to see them explore creatively within their own interest.

 

This well crafted drawing was done by Deirdre in grade 3.

Thanks for sharing it with us!

Sea Mural

 

 

The 3rd and 4th grades made this sea mural for the hallway board. The 3rd grade was in charge of the water and seaweed. The water was created with painting bubble wrap and making prints. The seaweed was made by painting green paint then dragging combs through the paint to make texture.

Both classes created their own fish by mixed media of crayons and collaged paper.

Primary Colors

 

I am so excited to welcome the new K2 students to art class. We started off by learning the primary colors. I think they had fun paint gluing the primary tissue paper and seeing what new colors they can make by having the paper overlap. Next class we are going to cut them out in a leaf shape to celebrate the coming of fall.

Stubby Pencil Art

 

Well actually this was done in June. We save all the tiny pencils that can no longer be used for drawing and give them new life. The then 6th graders had to glue a stubby to a piece of white board then find a creative way to incorporate it into a black and white illustration. I added that the simpler the image the more impact it will have.

I had them stored away over the summer so we could have something to display right away in September.

Line variety and watercolors

 

It's times like this that I am thankful to have a great room to teach art in. We can use paints so much easier. Here the first grade class started with oil pastels and followed along with me drawing a different style of line (wavy, zig zag,dashed, ect.) Each time using a new color. They did an outstanding job following direction. Next the watercolors where used to fill in the shapes made by the lines. Thanks to everyone who donated plastic egg containers, as you can see they make great paint holders.

Finished Circle Painting

 

Here are two examples of the final circle paintings by the 7th graders. After the painting was done they added more interest with crayons and oil pastels. The larger paintings are about six feet long. They did a great job, I love the way they look in the hallway.



Art from Home

 

 

Thanks to William in 3rd grade for sharing his art. Quite creative!

Jumping right in, Circle Painting

Circle Painting is a group based project that is based off using just circles and lines. It was invented by artist Hiep Nguyen to bring communities together to make art. The 7th grade class did a great job on their own circle paintings.