Third Grade

Third Grade has been studying tints and shades in color.  We tied in the beautiful month of January and discussed Northern Lights and why we can see them in the Winter months.  Each group of 3rd graders used a different color for their tints.  One group used turquoise, one used Magenta, and the last  used violet.  Each student needed to add 3 different tints to their Art piece.  After the paint dried, the students used a previously learned skill of drawing trees with the 'Y' method.  The trees were painted with shades of brown, and a shadow of the  tree was also added.

Kindergarten

The month of January has us celebrating snow and cold weather in the Art room with the Kinders!  The past few lessons have been busy with creating our mittens that are extra fun, because they are trying to catch giant snowflakes!  Our mittens were created by using strips of paper glued in either a pattern or multiple color choices.  The snowflakes were created using a stamping technique with the edge of a piece of card stock and white paint, the circles are stamped with recycled marker caps.

First Grade

First Grade Art students were inspired by the book 'The Perfect Snowflake" by Jacqueline East.  For this lesson we reviewed the Art principles of Pattern.  Each student needed to fill at least 5 spaces with a differing pattern or line.  They also created

a color pattern with their Crayola Construction Paper Crayons.  Then the 1st graders outlined each pencil line after they were done coloring.  The final touch was a paper snowflake that they learned how to make.  I think the snowflake was a definite favorite!

5th Grade Folded Paper 3D Pine Trees

The 5th grade Art students have worked the past two weeks on learning how to take a 12 inch square piece of paper and transform it into a three dimensional pine tree, with stunning results!!

Penguins on Parade!

Several Grade levels are working on Penguins in the Art room this past week.  In 2nd grade we created washes of cool colors with some classes, and warm colors with other classes.  Then each 2nd grader made a iceberg and penguin to attach to these paintings.  I think each penguin really has some great personality showing!

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