Showing posts with label Mixed grades. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mixed grades. Show all posts

Sunday

My Happy Winter House

Happy Wintere  House- recognizing a “house” shape, using a variety of materials and techniques to create individual Happy Homes all using the same pattern, following a series of directions.
Skill building



Friday

Leaf Tile Patterns

This projects has several steps and involves introducing students to printmaking.

First we did a series of leaf rubbing to transfer the texture and shape of the leaf to the paper.

Tuesday

Picasso inspired Self Portrait Assemblages


My Monster Hair Day

Some days are bad hair days and some are Monster Hair days. Student continue to explore the structure of the human face, in this project with a more "cartoon" approach. Using a U shape format adding monster hair and other wacky additions this fun one day drawing project allows for lots of creative expression and would work well with a creative writing element.

Thursday

Mixed K-2nd fun with colors

color blending for pumpkins and apples...2 days 2 paint projects, plus we tasted 2 different colors/kinds of apples and did a little compare and contrast.

Tuesday

Drawing in the Garden

The last few days of school all classes were invited to spend some time sitting and drawing in our lovely Peace Garden. What a great way to wrap up another wonderful art year!











May Student Art Show

Our annual Student Art Show (2013-14) over 1,000 pieces of art on display!

2nd grade Spring Cherry prints, Kinder Rainbow Robots, 4th grade Fall Trees, 3rd grade American Gothic Pop 

Kinder Sunflowers, 1st grade tigers and winter trees, 4th-6th Day of the Dead inspired art. 

2nd/3rd Imagination Architecture 

3rd grade American Gothic Pop and 5th grade Picasso faces with feeling.

2nd/3rd color "wheel" landscape, 2nd grade sea turtles, Special Needs Rainbow Umbrella, 6th grade 3-D take a line

1st grade paper faces with 5th/6th clay faces, fun with lines Kinder,
color "wheel" landscapes 2nd/3rd and famous portraits 5th 

2nd grade Mr. Bones, 5th grade Royals, Kinder Fall leaves, 3rd silly winter hat, Alverez class  Loud Lions.



Monday

After School Drawing Animals Class

grades K-3rd, 4 classes 6 different animals and a hundred kinds of fun!










Shaving Cream Watercolor Painting

Our soft multi-colored umbrellas were created by painting with shaving cream and liquid watercolors. The polka dot background was made using bingo dabbers in a variety of colors (Thank you Dollar Tree). We took photos of the students waving a ruler in the air and then assembled all the pieces into a wonderful magic end of school take home picture! I really like the rainbow candy canes as the handle.

Thursday

Abstract clouds and Penguins

2 parts...drawing with glue and adding color with chalk pastels
1 part...using the rectangle pattern and following a series of direct drawing instruction students designed their own penguin.


Loud Lion

Loud Rectangle Lion. Inspired by the graphic design  work of Ed Emberley. We used a cardboard rectangle as a pattern to create the head shape.




Wednesday

Starry Night Snow Person

It was a cold and starry night...

Working with oil pastels, blue, white and black tempera paint, colored pencils, assorted collage papers and embellishments.

2 or 3 session project