Observational drawings: Pumpkins

3rd grade:  Pumpkins in pastel

For the past few weeks students from most grades have been diligently creating observational drawings of pumpins using a variety of media.  They are leaning that to become better at drawing, you have to practice "seeing"!

2011 K-8 Folsom Art Show... Success!

ART SHOW TONIGHT 6/9/11 @ 5:30: Folsom School

Tonight is the art show!  Come view amazing student artwork.  Each student will have 3 pieces of work from their portfolio on display.  So excited!!  See you there....

Kindergarten Crazy Rainbows!

 

"Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, and Violet, too!"  Ask your kindergartener to sing the rainbow song...you may not be able to get it out of your head!  This group practiced their brush and color mixing skills to make these beautiful rainbows.  After their entire paper was "rainbowed", these artists cut crazy lines through their paintings with scissors and then glued it all back together!

7-8 Surreal Shoes

Surreal:  The unlikely combination of images and ideas

In their study of surrealism, 7-8 graders combined an unlikely object with a shoe.  These sculptures are constructed from clay slabs.

7-8 Monsters

5-6 Canopic jars finished!

We finally finished our Canopic Jars!