Wrapping up the Year

Take a look at what we've been doing in Art to finish up the year.

Second Grade Prints

Third and Fourth grade Fauvist Foxes

Middle School Printmaking and Wayne Thiebaud Cakes

Middle School Artworks

This week I'd like to highlight the work of the middle school students at Bethlehem.  Our combined class of fifth and sixth graders are working on realism through a project where they are drawing insects.  Each bug selected had to incorporate pattern and symmetry.  Students created these images with color, and they included highlights and shadows to increase the realism.

Seventh and Eighth grade students are learning to apply a limited color palette with oil pastel to their works, based on the art of Wayne Thiebaud.

Congratulations Art Students

What a week for our Bethlehem students!  Besides having a good week during school hours, our students displayed their talents at the annual Music and Art Extravaganza!  At the end of the concert, I awarded students certificates and prizes for placing in the 32nd Annual Saginaw County Art Exhibit, on display last week at Fashion Square Mall.

Best of Elementary
   - Will Conrad, Second Grade
   - Mira Laux, Third Grade

Best of Middle School
   - Lydia Schneider, Seventh Grade
   - Rachel Piechotte, Eighth Grade

Best of School
   - Jada Parks, Seventh Grade


Here are some images of things happening in the art room.

Kindergarten students created an artwork called Wave Goodbye to Kindergarten.  We used our fingerprints to "paint" a negative image of a waving hand.

Second Grade students worked on warm and cool colored sun and moon images.  They also incorporated pattern into their works.

Third and Fourth graders made a design-based project for spring.  They filled a page with decorative flowers, then used white tempera paint to add highlighted areas.

Also in honor of spring, Fifth and Sixth grade students have insects as their subject matter.  In this assignment, they are practicing their observational skills and using a photographic reference to create a realistic drawing.

Awesome Art Shows!

There is still time to come see the fantastic work by Bethlehem elementary and middle school students out in the community!

32nd Annual

Saginaw County

Art Exhibit

April 29 to May 5, 2019

Fashion Square Mall

Students on display:

Amelia Harris        London Lake-Blohm

Jaxon Doyle           Brayden Armas

Will Conrad            Kerrington Hopkins

Lucas Nichols         Libby Paveglio

Rozlynn Prentiss    Audrey Engelhardt

Rayne LaPlant         Mira Laux

Caleb Mulder         Mia Parks

Skyler Cox             Katie Henry

Mykaela Roesner    Adalie Ziozios

Jada Parks            Lydia Schneider

Lola Doss               Rachel Piechotte

Art awards will also be presented at school 

on May 8 at the Music and Art Extravaganza.

Also happening in the Art Room:

Students have been preparing some special art this past week.  Families should be seeing these creations coming home in the upcoming week.  Stay tuned!

32 Annual Student Art Exhibit

Please come see the fantastic work by Bethlehem elementary and middle school students out in the community!

32nd Annual

Saginaw County

Art Exhibit

April 29 to May 5, 2019

Fashion Square Mall

Students on display:

Amelia Harris        London Lake-Blohm

Jaxon Doyle           Brayden Armas

Will Conrad            Kerrington Hopkins

Lucas Nichols         Libby Paveglio

Rozlynn Prentiss    Audrey Engelhardt

Rayne LaPlant         Mira Laux

Caleb Mulder         Mia Parks

Skyler Cox             Katie Henry

Mykaela Roesner    Adalie Ziozios

Jada Parks            Lydia Schneider

Lola Doss               Rachel Piechotte

Mall Award Ceremonies

Wednesday, May 1st, 2019

Elementary — 5:30 p.m.

Middle School—6:00 p.m.

Awards for Best of Elementary, Best of Middle and Best of Show will be awarded. 

 If you cant make it, awards will also be presented at school 

on May 8 at the Music and Art Extravaganza.

Also happening in the Art Room:

Kindergarten completed a fun unit on texture!  Here we are doing texture rubbings, then creating Monster Collages out of our rubbings.

Many students created art for Easter.  Here is a sampling of what we did.

Confirmation banners are wrapping up this week as well.

More from the Art Room

As April continues to fly past, students in the Art Room continue to explore the Elements of Art and Principles of Design in their units.  Here's what took place this week.

Kindergarten students learned about geometric and organic shapes.  They used cut paper to create colorful abstract works.

First Graders talked about color, light and shadow.  Here are some images of the process to create Shadow Snails from oil pastels.

Fifth and Sixth grade students are learning about the work of Pablo Picasso.  In addition, they are exploring color theory and shading techniques.

Eighth grade students continue to work on their Confirmation banners.  These will be completed by the end of the month.  Students will share the banners during the Witness Service the evening of Friday, May 3.

Additionally, some students decorated the room for Easter and spring!