Tuesday, February 22, 2011

4th grade POP ART - CLAY










4th grade students celebrate artists such as Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol, Claes Oldenburg when they created their fabulous clay POP Art sculptures. Students use additive methods an glazed wonderful life- like works of art.

5th grade clay places





5th grade students used various clay techniques such as slipping, scoring, additive an subtractive clay methods to create their international Clay Buildings. These 3d sculptures should great detail an creative ingenuity.

1ST sticthing patterns!!!



Student learned how to thread an eye of a needle with yarn, then complete a running stitch to add patterns to their burlap looms. Students added pattern to their designs by adding and learning how to attach buttons and beads!!


Special Needs PK



Students listened to the octopus' garden while creating these fabulous mixed media Octopus'.

Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Kindergarten Clay beads







Kindergarten finished their clay beads, they are officially 3d form experts! See for yourself in these wonderful necklaces!

Congrats to our January and February Artists of the Month!


K Class Quilts




Kindergarten have been working hard to be inspired by Quilt artists. Students have learned how pattern and repetition can be seen in quilting. Students have experimented with shape, color, repetition, pattern, weaving, and stamping to create these beautiful class quilts!


Black History Month- Romare Bearden






Our ARt Department would like to give a shout out to the all of the amazing and famous African American Artists who have influenced our art, 2nd grade has been studying Romare Bearden's use of printing in this Community series of artwork.

Thursday, January 6, 2011

4th grade Kente Clothe Inspired Reductive Prints







Students in 4th grade really focused on the repetition of Kente Clothe, pattern, and radial symmetry. Students designed wonderful images and then repeated to create four equal images. These images where first printed with a single color, students then went back and reduced the plate to add contrast, and then printed with a second color. Printing methods were also learned in this activity.

1st grade Clay PInch Pot Diyas






First Graders completed Pinch Pot Diyas. A diya is a vessel that holds oil and a wick for the Indian Celebration Diwali. Diwali is called the festival of lights, and is celebrated in October or November. Students used the pinching technique to form their Diyas, and then glazed them.