Perspective Drawings

Fifth Grade students learned to draw realistic landscapes and cityscapes using one-point perspective. Students used a ruler to create a horizon line and vanishing point. They learned that objects appear smaller and less detailed the further they are away.  

 

 

 

Penguins

1st grade students practiced their cutting and gluing skills. They also created pattern on the penguin's scarf.

 

Kandinsky Study

First Grade students looked at artwork by Wassily Kandinsky and discussed how the artwork made them feel or what the artwork made them think about. They also looked at his famous artwork "concentric circles" which is a color study to see which colors look best next to each other. Students did their own color study on six circles. They experimented with the way colors look next to each other. The next week students revisited Kandinsky's artwork and discovered that Kandinsky often painted while listening to music. Then they listened to different kinds of music to paint the background.

 

Alphabet Art

Kindergarteners learned about the art of Jasper Johns who is an American contemporary artist who often uses numbers and letters in his artwork.

Students used their prior knowledge of letters and numbers to paint the appropriate number or letter when it was called out. Then they used markers to color around their letters and add interesting details to their letters. Finally, they chose their favorite 3 letters to add glitter.

Needle Felting

5th grade students tried out needle felting. Students used real fibers from Alpacas and special needle felting needles to create original artworks. Alpaca fur is different from most hair or fur because it is barbed all along the hair shaft. The needle that students used is also barbed. When you push the needle through the alpaca fur with the needle, it tangles it all together which makes it possible to combine two pieces of different colored Alpaca fibers.

Clay Birds

Second Grade students used hand building techniques to create clay birds. They considered the features that are unique to each bird, such as beak shape and size. Students used realistic colors to glaze their bird. Finally, tail feathers were glued on to their bird.