Monet's waterlillies

Second grade students studied Claude Monet, a French Impressionist who lived almost 100 years ago. He was one of the first artists to think of painting outside. He loved to paint nature so much that he moved to the country to paint. He is famous for painting the water lilies that grew in the pond behind his house. Students discussed his water lily paintings and used watercolor paints to paint their own pond. Then they made a bridge (like the bridge in many of Monet’s paintings) and used a picture of themselves so they could stand on their bridge.

Eric Carle Seahorses

 


Kindergarten students practiced their advanced cutting and gluing skills by creating seahorses living in a fishbowl from paper they painted.

Printmaking in Kindergarten

Kindergarten students read “The Dot” by Peter Reynolds. Then students made a dot, by not making a dot. Just like in the book, students colored everything around their imaginary dot, and then their dot just appeared. The next week, students were introduced to printmaking. Students printed circles with different sized cup, bowls, legos, and other objects.

Dali inspired animals

Second Grade students learned about Spanish artist, Salvador Dali. Students watched a brief video about surrealism (Get Surreal! With Salvador Dali).  Students discussed the meaning of surrealism, as well as where the surrealists get their insipiration. Then they looked closely at two of Dali's works that feature elephants with extremely long skinny legs. Students brainstormed animals that could be drawn in this way. Students chose an animal to create in the surrealist style.



Printmaking in 3rd Grade

Third Grade students learned printmaking terminology, as well as how to print using a brayer and ink. First, students drew an image to transfer on to a piece of styrofoam. Then they used the brayer to roll a layer of ink on to their printing plate. They printed their image 4 times and found that each time they printed, the image printed just slighly different. 

 

 

Kente Cloth

1st grade students were introduced to weaving by weaving paper strips through a paper loom. Students looked at Kente Cloth from Africa to get inspiration for their weavings. They read the book "Kente Colors" by Debbi Chocolate and discovered that the artists in Africa use certain colors purposefully in their weavings because the colors have a special significance. Students also discussed the purpose of creating this kind of artwork. (To use as clothing, or a blanket, etc.)Students also spent a lot of time on creating the patterns on their paper strips, after looking at patterns that can be found on traditional Kente Cloth.

Wire sculptures

"Flips and Tricks"

The family walk

 Fourth Grade students used wire to create sculptures of people or animals showing movement.

Bear Fishing

People Dancing