First Grade Baby Chicks

First graders learned a song over the last couple of weeks that taught them the order of the colors in the rainbow. We drew circles, coloring them in rainbow order, then made them into baby chicks. These are currently on display in the art room.

Second Grade

Second grade has been learning the difference between warm and cool colors over the past couple of weeks. They drew a picture of a spaceship then folded it in half so it would be divided into two sections. One section is colored in with warm colors, and one section is colored in with cool colors.

Here are some of the great pictures that are already finished:

2A

   Michael L.

    Michael M.

    Nolan

     Zach

2B

     Lauren

  Emma

   Marissa

  Jacob 

Fifth Grade Printmaking

The fifth graders have been (and still are) working on a printmaking project. The students began by choosing and animal and drawing it onto a regular piece of white paper. They took a foam printmaking plate and traced their animal outline onto the foam using a pencil. Now came the first fun part, they used a brayer to roll acrylic paint onto their foam plate and print their image on to three different pieces of paper. After that, they revisited their drawing and added all the detail to the printmaking plate. They cut out their animal and printed it on all three papers in the opposite color. They are turning out quite nicely. 5B still has a lot of work to do but many of the students from 5A are done. Here are some of the great projects from 5A that are finished.

All Other Classes-Update

Some classes are mid project this week and really have nothing to show on the blog.

Sixth grade has been working on their collage profile. They will probably finish these the week after Thanksgiving. We took a little break to make our Native American headbands and place mats for our Kindergartners.

Fourth grade just finished up creating a color wheel. We are working on Native American parfleches made out of brown paper bags right now. Some of them are really starting to look nice.

Seventh and Eighth Grade both have been working on color wheels as well.

Third Grade

Third Grade just started a picture of their rain forest animal this week. So far, they are looking great! I will update more when they are closer to being done. These will also be posted to artsonia. We are working on drawing lighter with our pencil so it is easier to erase, taking up at least half of the paper with our animal, and drawing our animals from a photograph. I can't wait to see how these turn out.

Third Grade Artsonia Upload

Third grade uploaded to artsonia again today. Everyone that was here got their self-portrait uploaded and some even got their stained glass doves uploaded too. They are looking great! Students are getting much faster doing the upload and the pictures are starting to look a little better too! Here is the link:


http://www.artsonia.com/schools/school.asp?id=145635

Remember that you can buy merchandise with your students' artwork on it and some of the money comes right back to the art department.

Fifth Grade Bulletin Board

Fifth grade did a great job on their "Jim Dine Hearts". We learned about the popular artist Jim Dine who used hearts in his artwork. Students were inspired by this idea and used color and pattern to create unity in their artwork. These pieces are up on a bulletin board in the art room and they look fantastic!