The Art Room

Although March isn't over yet we have been working on some great things that I couldn't wait to share.  Kindergarten is beginning to use printmaking this month. Using found objects to make trees and things that are found up in trees.  1st grade looked at the Northern Lights.  Looking at the map we identified the places in the world that can view the Northern Lights. Looking at real pictures of the Northern Lights we idenitfied colors that we saw and which ones appeared the most. This also lead us to look at the other things in the picture. Most other items appeared black which brought up silhouettes.  These were going to be added to the students pictures also.  Using chalk pastels students created the Northern Lights in the sky that ran from the top to the bottom of the pictures.  Stars and/or moon were also added into the skies. Over top the silhouettes were added with items influenced by the pictures viewed or the student's ideas.  2nd grade has started to look at geometr

What a month! Within the craziness of February we managed to get a lot done. First and foremost, we made about 250 Valentines for Children's Hospital. We gave a little bit of love to some strangers that could use a smile.  Kindergarten finished their landscapes and we started our Northern Lights. Working in centers we used unique tools to stamp paint on paper for our mountains. We will be finishing this during March!  1st grade worked on cityscape collages using paint sample strips for buildings and paper and texture plates for the rest on the cities. 2nd grade worked on Romero Britto inspired designs.  Focusing on patterns and colors students created a fun colorful piece of art.  3rd Grade worked to complete works of art that used photographs they took of themselves with the iPads. They photos focused on 6 different facial expressions: happy, sad, angry, disgust, surprised, and scared.  After looking at pictures were taken and printed out in black and white we looked at colors tha

Januuary was a crazy month with 2 hour delays and my own absence for some time.  That didn't stop what we were doing this month!     Kindergarten  We looked at skies and Peter  H. Reynolds's Sky Color.  We used watercolor paints to paint our own skies.  Then we added scrap paper and and some drawing to complete our landscapes.  Kindergarten also watched Brother Bear.  Brother Bear showed us a different kind of sky with the Northern Lights which we will be looking at next.  It also showed students the importance of love.  1st Grade This month we are working on cityscapes. We compared and contrasted a landscape and cityscape. Students use watercolor paints to make their own skies.  For our buildings we used sample paint strips.  Students were able to cut and create buildings.  We recycled all our scraps to make unique buildings.  Next we are adding in other parts you may see in a cityscape (lights, roads, sidewalks, cars, people, bridges, etc).   2nd Grade In preparing for Valent