First Grade Kandinsky Inspirations

The first graders have just completed their Kandinsky inspired paintings.

Students listened to jazz music taking note of fast/slow tempo to paint their lines. The following week, student reviewed color mixing and mixed primary colors to create secondary

colors within their paintings. Many of these

wonderful paintings are already hanging on the walls in our school.

SKETCHBOOK MADNESS

Sketchbook Madness is happening this week in the art room! All students are creating personal sketchbooks that will be kept in the art room all year long. Students will be able to work in their sketchbooks throughout the year. Many artists keep sketchbooks in which they experiment ideas and collect drawings of their environment. Sketchbooks are like diaries for artists!

The most famous sketchbooks are those of Leonardo da Vinci. Pablo Picasso produced 178 sketchbooks in his lifetime. Wow, that is a lot of sketchbooks! Will you create that many in your lifetime?

Classroom Sketchbook Rules:

1. Take your time on your drawings

2. Be original. Do not copy.

3. Do not waste paper.

4. Crayons and colored pencils only.

Salvador Dali at the High Museum

Now through January 9, 2011

School Starts on August 23rd!!!

I can't wait for school to start on August 23rd........I have already been in the art room working and getting ready for the new school year! See you soon!

Radial Designs using Recycled Plastic Tops

Fourth Grade just finished their radial designs

using a very interesting

art material, plastic bottle tops! Our school has been recycling plastic

bottle tops all year long. We organized them all according to their colors!

What a wonderful way to incorporate recycling and art!

Who Loves Cupcakes?

Kindergarten just finished creating these yummy cupcakes that look so good you want to eat them! Ms. Krass is keeping these over the summer and will hang them in the lobby in August when you come back to school!

Fourth Grade Papermaking Workshop

Katy DeMent, a local papermaking artist came to teach our 4th grade students the history of papermaking and how to create their own piece of handmade paper! All students were able to feel the paper pulp on their hands and collage interesting, unique images on their paper! The students had a blast and learned many new vocabulary words to use when creating paper again! Thanks Katy the Paper Lady!