International Festival Art

 

Ok, first I need to apologize for the bad photos. My flash washed them out. sorry.

The second grade have been working on art that will be on display at a festival in Hingham.

The project was to draw a flag of the country that is part of their heritage. They used oil pastels for that. Then after covering it with black paint they scratched it off to give it a texture.

On top of each flag is a drawing of themselves saying the country of the flag.

The festival is Saturday May 3rd at the Hingham Shipyard. Here is a link to more info.

Shiny Fish

 

Here are some playful fish by the 3rd grade class. We used colored tissue paper, tin foil and packing paper to make these. The students worked on symmetry, color mixing, and cutting skills.

Milk Carton Contest update

 

SpongeBob is starting to come together!

So far we've used 247 cartons.

Drawing from Billy

 

Thanks to Billy in 3rd grade for sharing this amazing drawing.

You have a great style to your cartoon drawing.

Keep up the work!

Origami Cranes

 

 

This is a long time coming. We've been collecting cranes from any student who has free time after getting their project done early. I had the paper and instruction set aside for them to use. The 7th grade class can tell you that it's harder than you think to make them. It took them two classes with a video and paper instruction to make one. I felt we had enough to display in the front window of the school. It looks good from the inside or outside.

Warhol Cats

 

I wish I had done this project sooner. The cats came out so cool! Each one has it's own personality. I just love it. The 4th grade class followed me on the board do a simple pencil drawing of the cat shape. Then using a black sharpie they had to go over the line but break up the strokes to give the appearance of fur. Then add more fur detail all over. Last the color was achieved with water color paint. The inspiration for this is by Andy Warhol's cat painting.

Birthday Birds

 

Each year the 8th grade make clay birds for the K2 class. When a student from K2 has a birthday they get a bird to take home. We tried something different this year. We used air dry terra cotta clay and painted with acrylic paint. I'm looking forward to handing them out to next year's K2 class. Thanks to the 8th gr. class for making the great birds for them.



Matisse

 

This is one of a two part lesson on Matisse in 6th grade. The first part is still in progress. I'll post that next week. Here we have the other part, a large banner piece in the style of Matisse's drawing with scissors. I had many samples of his work on the projection screen for inspiration. Then the students used just scissors without any drawing. This is the kind of project that any age can enjoy.