Kindergarten Pinch Pots and Texture Tiles

Kindergarten learned about the art element of TEXTURE this week.  We explored objects from nature with different kinds of textures and thought of interesting words to describe the way they feel.  Kindergarteners used those natural objects to create a unique texture in their clay tile.

Beautiful pinch pots!

7-8 experiment with printmaking

7-8 graders began block printing this week.  Thier images are based on observational drawings from nature.    

5-6 1 point perspective is coming along

Figure drawing, Grade 7-8

7-8 graders find beauty and interest in unexpected places

Nature Observations Grades 7-8

Box of stuff that I collected on my way to school for kids to draw from

These students are creating a block print based on their observatioal drawing from nature.  They first brainstormed a list of at least 15 words that described their object from the box before sketching it. 

After sketching, they made a final draft of the image and then transferred thier image to an ez-cut block for carving.

Abstract Expressionism! Grades 3/4

Grades 3 & 4 had fun last week painting like Jackson Pollock.  They used untraditional painting tools to make their paintings.  This was a great way to use up the dregs from the gallon paint containers!

1/2 Pattern Prints

Kindergarten Blotter Bugs, starring the Primary Colors!

Kindergarteners learn all about the primary colors and how they can mix two of them together to make a secondary color!  How magical is that?

5/6 are introduced to 1 point perspective!

7/8

12"x24" Non-Objective paintings.  Students emphasized 3 principles of design and 1 color palette for their painting.  In case you didn't know, the principles of design are: movement, contrast, balance, unity, rhythm, pattern, emphasis

Grades 1-2

First and second graders learned about artist Josef Albers.  Albers made painting of squares!  Albers found it exciting to see the effects of putting different colors of squares together.  Students learned that sometimes colors step away, pop out and even disappear!