Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas and 

Happy New Year everyone!

I just love how the minds of our students work.  Here is a last treat for 2018. . . .from Christmas Pictionary.

December Progress

Happy Holidays and Merry CHRISTmas everyone!  Here is this week's update on what's been happening in the art room. . . .

Thank you to the seventh grade students that made the art room decorations!  All students have enjoyed the festive spirit of the room.

Kindergarten students started creating art for the holiday season by working on Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer drawings.

Second graders have been studying a variety of artists over the past month.  This week, students began learning about the Spanish artist, Joan Miro.

(Second grade work)

(Original work)

Sixth graders have been putting in a TON of work on their book illustrations.  They each selected a fairy tale, and they were tasked with illustrating a major point of the story.  Here are some selections.

Daetyn, Jack and the Beanstalk

Katie, Peter Pan

Seventh and Eighth Grades are just beginning their unit on Surrealist Rooms.  In this unit, they study the art movement called Surrealism, plus they review what they know about one point perspective.  Yesterday we practiced drawing boxes in three dimension in order to activate prior knowledge.

December Starts

As we start the month of December, students have been completing lessons and beginning some anew.  Here are some recent highlights.

Kindergarten learned their primary, secondary, warm and cool colors through a project called Kandinsky Color Circles.  This lesson always looks stunning when the pieces are all displayed together.

First grade just began one of my favorite projects for them: Farm Landscapes.  In this unit,students explore how to create a sense of depth by learning about one point perspective.  I am so proud of the concepts that they are succeeding at for such young students!

We've been a little behind in our units this year, so fourth grade just completed their chalk pastel pumpkins.  No matter that we've already see snow!  They were just so excited to be able to work with pastels finally!

One last image from our Impressionist Forgeries.  I am very proud of the work that the seventh and eighth graders put forth.