Textures and Pipe-cleaning Sculptures

First grade continues to explore the sense of touch by creating these pipe-cleaning sculptures that sparkled their creativity.

Grade 5: Tell me a Picture

Hello art world! We are exploring the possibilities of narratives through art. Sequential Art? Illustration? Poetry? Short stories? Anything is possible when you want to tell a story in a visual form.

#ShelSilverstein #QuentinBlake #form #function 

#connection #imagination #creativity #communicators

Grade 6 Mixed Media

Hello world! We are grade 6 art students and we are exploring the art of Jean Michel Basquiat. One of the most important aspects of this unit is recognizing that creating art provides a sense of accomplishment, not only in the process but as a way to understand the world. We can recognize themes and issues and recognize that there are many ways to interpret and enjoy art.

#mixedmedia #form #change #causation #thinkers 

#inquirers #courageous #tolerance #appreciation

Grade 4 Value: The infinite between BLACK and WHITE.

Hello world! We are grade 4 art students working on observational drawing. Realism is challenging but we have a few tricks up our sleeves! Through drawing geometrical forms (deconstruction) and then joining the forms with contour lines, we can execute realistic drawings. Shading has been challenging, but we have learned to hold our soft lead pencils gently while we practice wrist movement that helps us control the pressure we put on our drawing paper. Who would have though that holding a pencil required the same mindfulness as holding the bow of a violin? Direction, gentleness and control. That is the key to success!

#causation #form #knowledgeable #inquirers 

#creative #appreciation #enthusiasm

Grade 3 Profile Stitching

Hello art world! We are third graders and our art skills are developing steadily. We started this trimester using strategies , based on what we know, to interpret art and try to understand the role of the arts in our world. We are also becoming more critical in our thinking, more independent and exploring the relationship between our work and the work of others.

When our stitching work is done, we will experiment with natural dyes and nature prints. We wonder if there is a connection between the diversity in nature and the diversity in our classrooms?

#connection #diversity #thinkers #inquirers # balaned 

#form #function #curiosity #creativity #commitment

Kinder - Stamping with elements of nature

Seashells, leaves, feathers were some of the materials kinder used to stamp with tempera and create these colorful and abstract compositions.

2nd Grade Healthy Habits - Fruit Sculptures

Using air-dry modeling clay, 2nd graders created 3d pieces of fruits and vegetables painted with acrylics, these were the results:

Grade 1 - Senses

For this unit, students are identifying the senses and the first assignment was painting eyes with watercolors. It was amazing to see how they recognize the eye parts and interpret them in their pieces with their own personal and artistic style.

Shapes and connections

Starting the year with shapes, patterns and connections. Kinder is starting with geometric projects that are all about observation and recognition of basic forms.
These are some patterns that they created in groups as collaborative pieces with crayons.

Filming for the music videos

The fourth grade students have been creating sculptural work to film in their stop motion videos.  They have the limitation of only having four colors of clay, but many of them have been able to mix these to create more possibilities.  They have been working on communicating through this medium, which entails new challenges for them such as sizes, details, permanence, and weight.  What works on paper does not necessarily work with clay.

 

When it comes to communicating through photography, though we have been studying it for a while, animation is different, and perspective becomes everything.

Composition in video is not the same as composition in photography, and for students to learn more about this language we have collaborated with Mr. Leonte, who has been teaching and reviewing it with students in drama class.  

Students use "backdrops" to hide unwanted distractions in their videos, such as art room tables, lines on the floor, their classmates, etc.

Space is tight, and students work closely together: sharing spaces and materials, giving feedback, and simply appreciating each other's creative ideas.

As a group, we talk about what constructive criticism is, and how feedback should be given and received in the art room.  During the artistic process, it is important to stop and evaluate our work before it is "finished".  We look at each other's videos and give suggestions, compliments, and questions; this helps artists reflect and always keep growing.