Wrapping Up February

I'm really excited to showcase the art from the end of February!  Below you will find some examples of art from individual classes, as well as art that is currently on display in the art room.  Come see us in the art room if you'd like to see the art in person.

Kindergarten and First Grades completed another project to go along with our chilly weather.  Here are their Winter Trees. We made our own painted paper using watercolors, and then after the paper dried, we cut the paper into triangular shapes to make trees.  These were attached to a background of a snowy night sky and snowy hills.

Second Graders studied the art of Pablo Picasso.  We created our own Cubist Portraits using oil pastels.  The students used a monochromatic color palette on the face with pure color, tints and shades.  They also incorporated pattern into the background space.

Third and Fourth graders studied color through Tints and Shades Abstractions.  To begin, they created an abstract composition.  Next, they hand mixed their own pure color with white to make tints and added black to make shades.  They altered the amount of black of white in order to alter the variety of values.

Fifth and Sixth grade studied one point perspective through One Point Perspective Cities.  They learned the foundations of perspective by practicing shapes with a horizon line, a vanishing point and converging lines.  Then, they drew their cities.  The final step was to color their cities with colored pencil

Seventh and Eighth graders also studied one point perspective through Surrealist Rooms.  In addition to learning about perspective, they also incorporated art history into the assignment by altering the rooms to have odd things such as animals indoors, outside elements or outer space, and other strange things!

Additionally, please enjoy our classroom bulletin boards!