1st Grade Trip to Patternland

1st Graders took an imaginary field trip to Patternland! We listed to a poem about Sadie and Dan from Patternland and imagined what we might look like in Patternland and practiced our figure drawing with tons and tons of patterns. Take a look! :)

2nd Grade Heather Galler Folk Art

2nd Grade artists looked at the contemporary folk artist named Heather Galler,  They learned that folk artists are not trained in a traditional art school but rely on their own instincts to create their art about heir lives. We also learned about landscapes and patterns.  these artist created some fantastic landscapes based on the art of Heather Galler.

5th grade Model Magic Masks

5th grade artists thought about form and created a mask based on one of the following 3 themes: Emotion,  Nature, or Animal. After sketching out various ideas, these kids created these masterpieces!

3rd Grade Matisse vs. Picasso

3rd graders read the book "When Pigasso Met Mootisse" and compared and contrasted the styles of the 2 artists (Pablo PIcasso and Henri Matisse). In the book, the pig and moose get into a disagreement that ends in friendship and an appreciation for each other's work. We drew our own versions of Pigasso painting Matisse and Matisse painting Pigasso!

2nd grade Matisse

2nd graders are studying the art and work of Henri Matisse. We heard the greek legend of Icarus and looked at Matisse's art of "Icarus" while relating it to what we knew of Matisse's life. We also read a book about how Matisse used cut paper shapes in his work. We created our own figure drawings trying to use correct proportions, used some cut paper for stars and created a patterned frame.

5th grade cartoon sea creatures

5th graders are studying the art career of cartoonist. They created these fun sea creature cartoons using chalk and oil pastel!

3rd Grade Roy Lichtenstein

3rd graders are studying the life and work of the artist Roy Lichtenstein. They learned that he copied other people's art by using comic strip and cartoon images as well as popular things in his own artwork. They learned that some people at the time considered him to be the worst artist in the world because of this! He would blow each image up on a huge scale and would use Benday Dots in his comic strip type work. Most of the Benday dots were primary colors.   We drew our own portraits and colored them with primary colored Benday dots and used them with a popular phrase in our school: "Fill a bucket!" (This is a phrase that reminds us to fill other people's buckets by being kind with our actions and words).