All School Art Show!

Fines Arts Opening night at Sopris was a lot of fun and well attended. Mr. D had  bel canto choir and piano recitals in his wing. Mrs. Wenzel hosted a book fair. The 4th grade team had a Nature night for families. There were pizzas, snacks and drinks plus family art making in the
cafeteria. PTA helped supply non sugary nutritious snacks. Many children helped as cashiers at the book fair, greeters with maps, and at the family art making night.The halls and library had lots of hanging art and ceramics. Here are some photos of artworks and people.

3rd grade Printing

Third graders are learning about coral reefs in my art room and preparing for their artwork. We have read books, practiced drawing sea animals, and painted wet on wet oceans with pearl watercolors. Today we made prints from Gelli plates. We will make coral and seaweed from these. Students painted with tempera on the plates using only 2 primary colors at a time. Then they drew designs in the paint with a cotton swab. Paper is laid on top and pressed. Then the print is pulled. The process is very free and lots of fun! The results are beautiful!

Preschool in April

Preschoolers are so fun. We read a story about the sun, based on a song. "Where does the sun go when it sleeps?" Then the little ones put colored noodles on lids of glue to make sun catchers. This lasts about 5 minutes and then they are off their chairs and ready for a new activity. Today they looked at BIG books on the carpet. The conversations were a hoot! The children were adorable!

Fifth grade glazed and embellished dragons

Today I got out all kinds of fun items; beads, buttons, glitter, tissue, feathers, lace, ribbon, googly eyes. Then I let students embellish their glazed dragons. The only rule was that whatever was added had to "enhance"  the beast, not overwhelm!
Ah the glitter!!!!!! (everywhere! Alas, an art room...😊) Then students graded themselves according to a rubric and explained why they believe they earned that grade. As usual, they were too self-critical and graded themselves lower than I did!