Foruth Grade Colorado Symbols Postage Stamps

I have done this beautiful project many times over the years. Fourth graders study Colorado History, so it integrates well with the classroom. Students first learned about the History of Postage Stamps.They learned that a person who collects stamps is called a Philatelic They chose their symbol and sketched a rough draft. Next students received a paper like a big perforated postage stamp. After drawing, going over the design with sharpies, they are beginning to paint with watercolors. The first few are just lovely.

Second Grade Pinch Pot Pets

First Graders wrote and drew about a pet they either have, or wish they had.  They have had their first firing and are now bisque and ready for glaze.They have been glazed and await the kiln. Check back to see them shine after firing.

Third Grade Keith Haring Dancing Dogs

Thank you Christy Hale for this fun bright project. We first learned about the American Artist Keith Haring via slides and a book. Students chose their animal, (cat,dog,mouse) and made a posable figure. These figures were set in different dance moves and then traced on bright paper. We added bold outlines, movement, and speech lines like Keith Haring did. Come back to see some finished strips.

Fifth Grade projects

One class in 5th grade is starting a Gnome 3-D project. They learned about Gnomes in literature form a slide show I prepared. They have paper mached 2 layers of newspapers and will paint with acrylic paints this week. Thanks to the blog,"There's a Dragon in my Art Room" for the inspiration.

Another class in 5th grade is finishing their print accordion books.

After making 8 prints, they cut up the prints. These were reassembled onto pages in an accordion 

book as mini compositions. The students added metallic sharpie to embellish the pages. Then they wrote about the compositions they chose.

And yet another class learned about the mythological creatures, dragons! They formed clay dragons, making sure to show texture. Their dragons could be fierce, silly or cute.

Third Grade Mosaic Masks Finished!

A third grade class made giant mosaic masks for the art show.  They looked really cool! When I asked to photograph them for our blog, the kids wanted to put them over their faces like actual masks.

Second Grade Henri Rousseau Tigers

I saw this fun project on Kathy Angel Nik's blog and had to try it with our second graders. I love projects based on famous Artists. I read a book to the children about Henri Rousseau, the French Artist. We liked his jungle scenes. We drew a tiger portrait, of sorts, painted it with fluorescent paint and black tempera. The kids were quick to tell me that we used Bronco colors for the tiger and sky....Check back to see our leaves and flowers added.