Third grade deserts getting color

Now that deserts are drawn and sharpied, third graders have begun coloring with "quality".  This mixed media project will show colored pencils and markers. Students are trying to color smooth and evenly, and not scribbly, to demonstrate "quality artwork". Thanks to DSS for the lesson idea!

Second Grade Jungles

As Second Grade has learned about Henri Rousseau, we have begun our jungle preparations. Today students made a collagraph printing plate.  We cut styrofoam stripes to print on our tigers,( some cut spots for leopards).  We also used glue sticks to glue  green tissue leaves onto our cool color backgrounds.

Fourth Grade Picasso Foil

Fourth graders learned about the life of Pablo Picasso and his many talents in art. They drew a self portrait in his style. Picasso came up with the idea to show a face front view and profile view at the same time! These drawings were embossed into golden colored foil and colored with sharpie. The final step was to make it presentation ready with a collaged and embellished frame. One class used cardboard and package filling for a super creative  monochromatic ( one color...) look. Some of these artworks are still in progress, but I had to share!  They are really cool! This idea came from a "middle school" lesson I saw online. I think our 4th graders rocked it!

Second Grade Wet on Wet

In preparation for our next project, second grade is painting 2 papers. One using warm colors (yellow, red, orange), and one with cool colors, ( blue, green. violet). A wet on wet technique was used. The paint is set into a pre-wetted spot on the paper. The paint then mixes spontaneously. There were lots of oohs and ahs! Come  back to see what we are up to next!

Kindergarten Forest Animals

Kinders have learned a new song about Neutral Colors! They will sing it with actions if you ask them to! The Neutral colors are black,white, brown, tan, and gray.  They read a book about how animals use camouflage to hide and keep safe. Most animals  ARE Neutral colors!  As are their habitats! They painted on newspaper pieces with tempera.  The newsprint added to the Neutral color scheme. They had to mix white and black to make gray, white and brown to get tan. Students chalked a forest background on 12x18 construction paper. Next they cut and glued either a fox or an owl from their newspaper pieces. Jiggly eyes and a few collaged details completed the animals.

On a personal note.....

Today during Second grade class time, the secretary came in with a VERY confused look on her face,
carrying a bouquet of flowers to me.  It was my son and daughter-in-law's "gender reveal" to me!
I will have a grandson in June! The kids were excited too, that I will be a Grandma! What a fun interruption!!!!!!!

Preschool!!!!!

It is that time of the month for a visit from our preschool classes.
They sat on my carpet for a  book about  snow, " Geraldine and the Big Snow". Then they got the chance to paint and embellish a snowflake made of sticks. I have plenty of sticks in my yard! I glued sets of 3 to make a snowflake for the little ones to decorate. I waltzed around the room as the "glitter fairy" sprinkling sparkles into the white paint while they painted. Too much cuteness!!!!

Fifth Grade Robots

Fifth Graders are finishing their robots. They learned a lot from a slide show about all the uses of Robots in medicine, factory work, etc. They were required to fill the page with their drawing, include 3-D drawn parts,  have a door, and look mechanical and metal.  Metallic watercolors helped with the metal-looking part, as did seams and screws, The finished artworks are heading to Mrs. Wenzel in Media. She has been teaching the students about circuits. Thanks to our Art to Remember Funds, I was able to purchase supplies for the students to actually build a circuit, with Mrs. Wenzel, using led lights on their robots! A battery behind the door supplies the energy for the lights!
Thanks to Dryden art for the idea and examples.