Wednesday

End of year Open House and Promotion 2017-18

Fun moments from the school year 2017-18

Garden Tour Chalk Walk May 2018

20th Anniversary Tour 

6th Grade Artistic Creations 2017-18

What did we do this year in Art?
Habitat to Home was our art room theme for 2017-18
We explored a variety of artistic processes, asked questions presented connections and made discoveries- during the journey created some great art too!
Sixth Grade program  overview
Objective for students: to experience a variety of mediums and techniques used for creating art. Expanding art history knowledge, connect to class themes while building art vocabulary. Using art tools, strengthening fine motor skills, support individual development of expression and following a complex series of directions.
Day of the Dead Cultural exploration, artists that inspire, how does this tradition connect to North and South American history and World influences?

Day of the Dead alters- building on previous knowledge create a small clay “sugar skull” form, collage, sharpie and assemblage to create a 3-D frame to display and create a cohesive design. Form and function Engineering/ Art connection Connecting to classroom Social Studies themes 
Take a Line for a Walk-Abstract art overview. Building contained organic 2-D line drawings that will become 3-D organic forms. The transformation of a surface through design, color, cutting and construction personal expression, paper collage with patterns, drawing, and 3-D cutting skills, spatial problem solving
Engineering/Math/Art connection






completed class project 

completed paper projects

Pinch Pot Monsters- artists built clay 3-D models of monsters, starting with basic pinch pot shape. Dried projects were completed with, tempera glazes. Engineering/Art connection 


























Pompeii Volcano relief composition – 2-part project, connects to Ancient History Class Themes. Review of Pompeii Mt. Vesuvius and the structure of volcanoes. Build a volcano shape relief image with tissue paper/glue. Part 2 color with watercolors and oil pastels, showing activity and time of day. Science/History/Art observation and imagination
Promotion 6th grade Portraits-personal statement, photography and colorful collage (end of year project)

Split 5th/6th Grade Artwork 2017-18


What did we do this year in Art?
Habitat to Home was our art room theme for 2017-18

We explored a variety of artistic processes, asked questions presented connections and made discoveries- during the journey created some great art too!
Fifth/Sixth Grade program overview
Objective for students: to experience a variety of mediums and techniques used for creating art. Expanding art history knowledge, connect to class themes while building art vocabulary. Using art tools, strengthening fine motor skills, support individual development of expression and following a complex series of directions.
Day of the Dead - Cultural exploration, artists that inspire, how does this tradition connect to North and South American history and World influences?
Connecting to classroom Social Studies themes

Festive Paper Mache Sugar Skulls-Observe the human skeleton. Inspired by the Day of the Dead celebration artists created a personalized paper-mache sugar skulls, details were added with markers and embellishments. Science/Art observation and imagination







 

 
















3-D Paper sculpture -building an interesting stable 3-D paper sculpture from flat paper, cutting skills, spatial problem solving, Engineering/Art























High in the Sky- artist created an overlapping hilly landscape, dramatic sky and added hot air balloons. The sky was layered with paint and collage clouds. Balloons and hills were completed with collage, assemblage, sharpie details.
Half Face- Working from half of a black and white photo of a human face, students used their observation skills to recreate the other half of the original image in pencil. Skill building, understanding basic facial proportions.














Me Money!- building on the previous skills and knowledge student created their own money with a self portrait in the design. Drawing were transferred to a printing plate and they printed their own Art Money. Skill building/Vocabulary

5th Grade Artwork 2017-18

What did we do this year in Art?
Habitat to Home was our art room theme for 2017-18

We explored a variety of artistic processes, asked questions presented connections and made discoveries- during the journey created some great art too!
Fifth Grade program overview
Objective for students: to experience a variety of mediums and techniques used for creating art. Expanding art history knowledge, connect to class themes while building art vocabulary. Using art tools, building onto fine motor skills, support individual development of expression and following a complex series of directions.
Audubon Day- Introduction to famous American based artist, explorer and naturalist John James Audubon. How did he live and work?
Bird sketches-studying class resources, handouts, and print reproductions create a bird sketchbook, pencil & sketch paper. Looking closely, details, contour lines, anatomy, using art/science vocabulary. Science/Art connection  
 Audubon inspired bird prints-Student select bird drawing from their portfolio to create as a limited run series of print. Transfer image to soft plate using a wooden stylist. Model printing process. Small groups pull prints, sign artist proof, refine and make individual paper and ink color choices. Reflect on images.
Engineering/Art connection observe imagine process product
 Royal Birds- Building on information from the Audubon project, students drew their own royal bird, pre-printed frames provided a formal presentation. Projects were completed in maker, crayon and or color pencil. Inspired by famous portraits of the 16th-19th century.
Claymation Selfies- using simple line drawings as the bases for a self-portrait, artists added color and detail with modeling clay. This project allowed for a lot of personal expression and encouraged creative exploration of materials






Art History connection:  Audubon, Di Vinci, 17th and 18th century court portrait paintings, Pop art   

4th Grade Artistic Creations 2017-18


Objective for students: to experience a variety of mediums and techniques used for creating art. Expanding art history knowledge, connect to class themes while building art vocabulary. Using art tools, strengthen hand eye coordination in creativity and following a series of more complex directions, problem solve as individuals.

Starry Night Inspired Landscape -What are the basic elements of landscape? Dividing the picture plane. Art vocabulary, following a series of direct drawing instructions, sketching, developing a personal approach drawing crayon and over painting with water colors, salt added for star effect. City/Country theme
Math/Science/Art observed and imagined landscapes

Building a City- Hands on construction with blocks to understand one-point perspective.

Imaginary buildings- If you could construct any kind of building you wanted to what would it look like? Using a variety of art materials students created their own building as part of their class town. Project connects to engineering and design concepts

Charming buildings- working with model magic clay artists created 3-D mini charm buildings Project connects to engineering and design concepts


The red barn – moving from 2-D to 3-D construction, students were given a flat barn template and challenged to cut, collage and create their own 3-D construction. Project connects to engineering and design concepts



Art History connection:  Picasso, Van Gogh, Romare Bearden, Norman Rockwell, Grant Woods 





3rd Grade Artwork 2017-18

Objective for students: to experience a variety of mediums and techniques used for creating art. Expanding art history knowledge, connect to class themes while building art vocabulary. Using art tools, developing fine motor skills and following a series of directions

Owls- what is an owl shape, what are owl body parts? Continuous line drawing, following a series of steps, learning to let the pencil/pen guide your design, pen stays on the paper. Problem solving how to create small details? Color, cut and create and environment Science/Nature/Art connection observation -imagination

Leaping Orca- what is an orca what are the body parts? Building a multi-layer composition. Watercolor background to create ocean and sky/color blending, tempera paint splash, sketch, draw, color and cut out whale form and position on background elements. Art vocabulary and skill building.



Howling Wolf- Supporting grade curriculum Native American studies artists create a narrative work using color value sky/stars/moon background and a wolf silhouette. Project completed using tempera paint, construction paper, metallic markers and gel pens, Painting and Collage. Nature/Art observation imagination

Totem Pole Project: Building on previous knowledge/skills students create a paper totem component that will be part of a larger group project. Handouts, design samples and coloring pages provided inspiration. Paper collage. Skill building and connecting to Core curriculum.

Clay Owls-developing clay building skills to create an owl form. Artists used tools to create patterns and design. Part II, tempera glaze paints were applied to coat and protect the finished project.  

 


Coloring pages connected to project themes