4th grade Wayne Thiebaud Form Desserts

4th grade studied the delicious POP Art of Wayne Thiebaud. Students learned to draw form from shape, then paint with tints and shades. Students realized to make something realistic and show form, they needed a light source to create a shadow. We also discussed composition, repeating and spacing that he used in his artworks.

3rd Grade Jasper Johns Initals and Numbers

Third grade students created Jasper Johns POP ART paintings. We looked at the repeating numbers and letters. We liked how he took ordinary images and made them interesting. The students used their initials and their favorite numbers to create their artwork. Each letter and number represents a different color family: primary, secondary, neutral, warm, cool, and complementary.

2nd Grade Lois Ehlert Collages

2nd Grade students looked at the author and illustrator Lois Ehlert. She created collages for her famous books! The students created their own warm and cool color paper, then the students used that paper to create their charming bird collages. Each bird is unique and lives in a habitat.

Eric Carle Color Wheel Collage Flowers

First grade students learned about the illustrator and author Eric Carle. He loved to create his own paper with paint and texture, then use it for collages. The students added various papers, pattern and oil pastel bugs to finish their color wheel collages.

Kindergarten Winslow Homer Sailboats

Kindergarten Students learned all about Winslow Homer. We discovered that Winslow loved to paint oceans and boats. We looked at the water to find lines and in the sail boats we found geometric shapes. The students used the primary colors for their boats and secondary color oil pastel lines for details.

First Lessons of the Year

At Cogburn we always focus on the ELEMENTS OF ART Students concentrate on learning Line, shape, color, form, space, value and texture. Artists like Jasper Johns, Eric Carle, Lois Ehlert, and Wayne Thiebaud are all great examples of artists who use the elements of art.


Above you can see 5th grade mixing colors to achieve the correct color theories.



Here is a 1st grader from Mr. C's class who decided to wear his art color wheel to class.

Welcome Back 2011 Students!!

Dear Parents,

The Art Department at CWES is excited for a new school year. I would like to welcome the new Art

Itinerant, Melissa Gunter to the CWES family, she will be here with us on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.

We love to use recycled materials. We are looking for donations throughout the year of the following items:

Newspaper

Magazines

Wallpaper

Paper towel tubes

Egg cartons

Fabrics

Buttons/Beads

Plastic Tupperware

Thank you for all of your support, we are looking

forward to a very Artful year!

Kelli Hollern & Melissa Gunter

Special Needs PK

5th graders learned how to create 2 point perspective drawings. The complex drawing technique allows for students to make 3d space drawings. Students were able to put a surrealist touch on these fun drawings when they studied Salvador Dali. DO you see any melting clocks??

4th grade students learned how to create 1 point perspective drawing techniques to show relationships of space and creating 3d objects. Students allowed there their creativity to shine as they added their personal touches.