National Crayon Day!

 

In honor of this great day, we read "The Day the Crayons Quit" and "The Day the Crayons Came Home" :) 

We also are very sad about the Dandelion crayon leaving 24-count box! 

3rd Grade Paper Weaving!

3rd Grade Art started a spring time paper weaving project! Using colorful strips of paper, we wove the paper in and out of the colored background. 

Can't wait to display our finished artwork!

 

 

Here's what our finished art will look like! 

5th Grade Degas Ballerinas

In 5th Grade Art, we are learning about Impressionism. We started with Monet and reflections using paint and symmetry. Now we are working on pastel drawings of ballerinas inspired by Edgar Degas. 

First we read the book, "Dance like a Butterfly" about Degas and his technique. 

 

It was super fun to make the teacher example! 

 

 

 

Can't wait to see the finished drawings! 

 

3rd Grade Warm and Cool Hands

Using warm and cool colors, students traced their hands and colored alternating warm and cool color combinations. 

2nd Grade Matisse Collages

2nd Grade Art learned about Henri Matisse, the "Master of Color", and his paper cut outs. We watched a video that brought us back to his time and showed us how he started this interesting technique. We also learned about positive and negative space. Using these 2 types of space, we made colorful paper cut out collages! 

Check out the Mati and Dada cartoon that we watched! 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s37OoBXkYAc

 

3rd Grade Negative Space Drawings

In 3rd grade art, we learned about positive and negative space. We had fun finding an interesting object from around the room...one of us found the object on our foot! :) Then, we drew the object in a detailed drawing as well as only the space around the object.

4th Grade Symmetrical Names

4th Grade Art learned about symmetrical balance. Using this type of balance, they drew their names using block letters and the reflection. It was hard drawing our names upside down and backwards, but we did a great job! 

5th Grade Radial Names

5th Grade Art reviewed the different types of balance. Then, using radial balance as well as symmetrical, they created abstract designs using only their names. We love the "kaleidoscope" effect the names created!