Art Show

4th Grade- Cat Paintings and Clay Facades

3rd Grade- Word Art

Kindergarten-Birds on a Wire

2nd Grade- Bird Houses

1st Grade- Heart Weaving

Sign in, Summer Art Program brochures, and Artsonia Updates.

Cookies and punch- I brought in my nice plate and punch bowl-if I'm throwing a party, I try to do it right.

The music teacher and I decided to take back Youth Art Month this year.  He did his 1st and 2nd grade program, and I did the school art show.  We planned the event as one big "Arts" night.  Mixed feelings- We had a good turn out, but many parents did not bring their older kids, because they did not have a child in the program.  I did get a chance to talk to a lot of parents, and get some updated emails for my Artsonia page.  I like the idea of the arts night, but will have to think about how to entice parents in all grade levels to come, and not just because they are killing time waiting for the program.  Good thing I have a year to puzzle this out.

It's a Jungle in 3rd Grade

Continuing the garden type theme for the art show this year, I did   Jungles with 3rd grade.  We went to the link, we played the interactive (click on the link- NGA has some amazing interactives for art students) on the smart board, and we talked about Matisse.  Then, we began with the sky, and began to build up the jungle.  I taught how to make things "pop out" by using spacers behind, folding, or rolling, and we had an animal day as well, for which I broke out the watercolors and sharpies.  I think the results were good, however I am not sure the idea of overgrowth translated, despite my rallying cry that "no one mows the lawn in the jungle!  Ah well, they are pretty cute.  I  took the students to the computer lab and had them write a response to a couple of questions as an "artist statement" because I feel at the art show especially, that I increasingly need to show the correlation between art and the other subject areas.   Anyway- here's the sneak peek!

Acrylic Paintings- Next Phase

Nearing completion, here are the 4th grade acrylic paintings again.  We used hot colors (most of us) for the next layer, and added details with black and white.  I think they will be a nice pop of color for the art show.

Sneak Peek at the Spring Art Show

Kindergarten "Water Lilies" inspired by Monet



Another "Water-Lily"




2nd Grade- Insect Yarn Painting





1st Grade-Woven houses in a setting that includes a garden setting.

 The kids and I are busily finishing our artworks for the upcoming spring art show, so I thought I'd give you a peek- nothing is finished yet- this is all in progress, but I think it's going to be a great show.  Our theme is gardening, because the music teacher will be presenting a program on the same night, and his program is about gardens. Anyway- this is the little ones- I'll show off the 3rd and 4th graders another post.