Grade 1 Hot Chocolate

Cozy up over break with a cup of hot chocolate like the one Dylan in 1st grade drew! 

This one-day project focused on how to draw a cylinder and practice with patterns.

Merry Christmas, everyone!

Grade 5 Winter Landscapes

Grade 5 students put many elements of art to use for this winter landscape project. We began by drawing LINES to create a FOREGROUND, MIDDLE GROUND, AND BACKGROUND.
Masking tape was applied to block out where we didn't want paint. Those would be the trees and branches.
We painted using different VALUES of blue to create a MONOCHROMATIC COLOR SCHEME. To make the blue darker we added black to create a SHADE. For lighter blue we added white to create a TINT. 
When all the paint was dry we peeled off the tape to reveal white birch trees. To make the image more realistic we added some more shading to the trees and branches, then a touch of falling snow.

Have an awesome break!! 

Grade 4 Symmetrical Snowflakes

SYMMETRY is easily found around us in nature and man-made objects. Fourth graders made snowflakes with symmetry for their winter project. To make symmetrical snowflakes they folded a piece of paper in half, opened it up, and painted half of a snowflake. From there, they folded the up again against the wet paint to transfer it to the other side. We added some sparkle with glitter for fun. To complete the snowflakes students used LINES to paint a border. Types of lines could include straight, zig-zag, dotted, wavy, or any other type the student could think of. Here are some all together!

Grade 2 Cardinal Collages

With winter upon us grade 2 created a COLLAGE that incorporated a cardinal in a tree. Cardinals always stand out in the snowy winter since they don't migrate. The first thing that the students had to do was add a little extra blue in their background. They then began gathering strips of brown paper to build a tree and nest for their bird. 

I always tell students to use DOTS, NOT LOTS when gluing. The paper strips were sometimes very thin, especially when it was time for the pine needles. and so students really needed to control how much glue they were using. 

After drawing and cutting out their bird it was time for the snow using a little touch of white paint. Happy Winter Grade 2:)

Grade 1 Mondrian Windows

Does this piece of ABSTRACT art remind you of anything? 

The title is Broadway Boogie Woogie and it is appropriately part of the collection at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. Piet Mondrian was inspired by the city and created this piece that represents the city's grid, traffic, and bright lights.

Grade 1 students looked at this piece and used a ruler to create straight LINES to represent streets. They then painted using the primary colors, just like Mondrian did, leaving some spaces blank. We hung these in windows and display cases around the school. 

                                                

This is personally one of my favorite pieces and I have had the pleasure of seeing it in person while in NYC for the National Art Education Association Convention 

Click the link to learn more about this painting.

MoMA The Collection

Grade 3 Mittens

Grade three students worked on some winter 

COLLAGE

mittens using construction paper, tissue paper, and rope. They each made an individual mitten by using glue to make a pattern or use a color scheme of their choosing. Some classes used paint to create a winter snowflake background and others, like the ones in these images, cut out snowflakes to fill the page. We then went into the hall to connect the mittens into a group display.

Kindergarten Snowmen

Kindergartners are using the letters in their name to determine how many snowballs they need for their snowman. They began by counting the letters in their name and tracing that number of circles on their vertical paper. We had to add one extra circle for the snowman's head. 

Veronica, Samantha, and Benjamin have the tallest snowmen with 8 letters!

After they were finished with their circles they wrote their name inside one letter per circle. They could dress their snowman any way they pleased and also add a background.

          

We then practiced being Calm, Straight, and Quiet in the hallway as we hung the snowmen from shortest to tallest. Short snowmen had very few letters while tall snowmen had a lot of letters!

Jake and Aidan have two of the shortest names in the class. 

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