Art Club

Jumping right into Art Club. We started with watercolors. The students worked on "wet on wet" techniques of painting. Glad to see all the new 4th grade faces in the club. Next week will be color mixing.

Castles with Surprises

 

 

This was a fun little project with the 4th graders. While watching me draw a simple castle building the students followed along. Then they were encouraged to add their own touches and details. The doors and windows open to surprises. Skills we worked on were drawing a brick pattern, creativity and following direction.

Pastel Peacocks

 

The 3rd grade worked hard on these beautiful peacock drawings. They followed me step by step to draw the shapes then they chose the colors from the oil pastels. Once done they added dimension with a little highlight on the bird's body. I think the students were happy with what they did. They begged to bring them home, but I need to keep them for the Art Fair. So as a compromise I've put them here to view.

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!