This time of year is my favorite. The procedures of my studio are well versed.
The student artists have mastered their sense of belonging in this space.
I find myself asking 'Where do you think you should put it?' less and less.
And above all the tiniest of artists have a better understanding for how to use the glue bottle.
That. Is. Huge.
Fifth Grade: Monochromatic Tessellations
After years of completing a project for Tessellation and a project for monochromatic painting, I decided to combine the two. And so thrilled that I did. I love this project! The student artists are showing great pride and technique in their painting by using the appropriate sized brush for spaces. And for this painting major I love watching every second of that!
Fourth Grade: Moonlit Pumpkin Patch
This is one of my favorite projects to introduce oil pastel and Vincent Van Gogh. The focus of this project is many..... drawing form pumpkins, highlights and shadow, oil pastel techniques, and Vincent Van Gogh.
Third Grade: Yarn Weaving
After several, and I mean several, weeks of this project we are finally done. Whew! This one was well worth it. The student artists will each have a yarn weaving they can use decoratively or functionaly. I'm been very impressed with the growth in these student artist.
2nd Grade: Warm/Cool Paper Weaving
We have been working hard on this project. It is loaded with various elements and principles of art. We started with warm vs cool colors, moved to crayon and watercolor resist techniques, and finished with weaving. If a student artist finished and it was clear they understood the weaving process, we added construction paper strips for a bit of sculpture.
(pictures to come)
1st grade: Pumpkin Patch
These student artists finished their crayon and watercolor resist pumpkin patch paintings.
(pictures to come)
Kdg: Paper Strip Sculpture
Each student artist learned to fold, bend, and twist paper strips to create their own abstract paper sculpture. This was great fun to watch their creativity grow and expand each class period.
