Matisse Collage

Second Grade students looked at artwork by Henri Matisse who was known for his cut paper collages. Students learned that Matisse favored organic (curvy) shapes over geometric ones. They used cut paper to create their own collage inspired by Matisse. They also focused on making their artwork balanced, and gave reasons why they thought their table mate's artwork was balanced or not.

Wire Sculptures

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

Cezanne Inspired Still Life

2nd grade students compared still life artwork to portraits and landscapes. They studied the artist Paul Cezanne and painted a plate of apples that was placed at their table, in the style of Cezanne.

Coiled Pots

3rd Grade students learned to roll slabs and coils as well as use the score and slip method when attaching two pieces of clay. They created these coiled pots and then glazed them.

Tesselations

4th graders looked at artwork by M.C. Escher and learned about tessellations. First, they created a shape that would tessellate. Then they traced this shape until in covered their paper. Finally, they brainstormed what they thought their shape looked like and drew those details into each shape. Then they colored their tessellations.

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.

 

Mondrian Inspired Arrtwork

Kindergarten students discovered the work of Piet Mondrian. They learned that he first painted landscapes, but then decided to break down landscapes into their simplest form: black lines and primary colors. It was almost like he was painting the “ingredients” for his landscapes. Students learned to identify the primary colors and made artwork inspired by Mondrian.

Los estudiantes de kinder descubrieron las obras de Piet Mondrian. Ellos aprendieron que al principio el pinto paisajes, pero luego decidió desarmar los paisajes en sus formas más simples: líneas negras y colores primarios. Fue como si estuviera pintando los “ingredientes” de sus paisajes. Los estudiantes aprendieron a identificar los colores primarios y crearon obras de arte inspiradas por Mondrian.