3rd grade Pear Paintings
What we learned:
The Art Element Form and how it has 3 dimensions: length, width and height
How 3-dimensional objects need Value: highlights, shadows and cast shadows
How to blend paint colors
How to make good color choices for the background by referencing the color wheel
Izzy
Emmanuel
Emilio
Chiara
Judah
Cecily
Bryn
Ada
Renisha
Grace
Landon
Ander
Frances
Elliot
Yael
Andres
Ava
Elijah
Addyson
3rd graders created
Winter Birds
In the style of artist Charley Harper
Judah
Ada
Frances
Cecily
Bryn
Emmanuel
Elliot
Landon
Ava
Addyson
Andres
Ander
Chiara
Grace
Renisha
Izzy
Emilio
The 5th graders learned how to weave small wall hangings this winter. They learned the terms of weaving: loom, warp & weft, as well as tabby weaving (what most people know as "under over weaving." We talked about color and texture choices and how weaving can be a work of art!
Monte Eliana
Elliot Ian
Brooklyn Elias
Kaylee Magdalena
Ethan S Boden
Lena Sofia
Valentina Iza S
Ethan S Damien
Jaidyel
Shaded Snowpeople
3rd grade
What we learned:
How to use the wet-on-wet watercolor technique to create a winter background
How to add shading to circles to make them look 3-dimensional
How to tear paper to look like the texture of snow
Addyson
Chiara
Andres
Bryn
Elliot
Grace
Renisha
Ada
Cecily
Elijah
Frances
Judah
Ava
Izzy
Landon
Ander
Jael
Emmanuel
Sunflower Paintings
Inspired by the incredible Vincent van Gogh
5th grade
What we learned:
How to draw “loose”sunflowers that show movement in the style of van Gogh
How to draw petals that overlap, twist and turn
How to choose colors that contrast and complement each other, just like van Gogh did in his painting Starry Night by using blues & purples to complement the yellows & oranges
Interesting facts about van Gogh’s life
Jaidyel
Martha
Izabella
Monte
Elliot
Caleb
Eliana
Ethan S
Kaylee
Lena
Iza
Ian
Boden
Ethan H
Christian
Magdalena
Jeremiah
Elias
Jo
Ella
Sofia
3rd graders created pumpkins in the style of contemporary artist Yayoi Kusama
What we learned:
About the life and style of Yayoi Kusama
How to draw a bumpy pumpkin
How to create a “foil transfer” with washable markers, foil and water
Grace
Ava
Yael
Judah
Elliot
Bryn
Renisha
Andres
Cecily
Landon
Emmanuel
Chiara
Emilio
Ada
Addyson
Elijah
Frances
Fall Landscape Collage
4th grade
What we learned:
The 3 layers of a landscape are foreground, middleground and background
How to create a ‘faded’ look with watercolor paints so that the sky gets lighter toward the horizon
How to draw a 3-dimensional house
How to create painted paper with textures
How to draw fall trees in different styles
How to create a collage!
Collage- artwork made with a variety of paper
Lena
Ian
Wyatt
Nathaniel
Violet
Lia
Henry L
Mollie
Henry LM
Caroline
Mila
Camila
Sadie
Odetta
Win
Gabe
Conrad
Leannah
Alice
Abel
Kahlan
3rd grade
Calaveras
Celebrating Día de los Muertos!
What we learned:
That Día de los Muertos is a time where families, mostly from Mexico and Central America, gather to remember their loved ones who have died
That Ofrendas are altars where family members put pictures of their loved ones as well as their favorite foods
That sometimes calaveras (decorated sugar skulls) are placed on the ofrendas
How to draw a symmetrical skull using a fold-and-press method with oil pastels
How to make tissue paper flowers
Chiara
Renisha
Cecily
Addyson
Andres
Judah
Yael
Frances
Ada
Grace
Elijah
Emilio
Landon
Elliot
Emmanuel
Ava
Bryn
Splattered Paint Brushes
5th grade
What we learned:
How to draw a variety of paintbrushes
How to use a straightedge to draw straight bristles
How to add shading with oil pastels & our fingers
How to splatter liquid watercolor in a fun (and somewhat less messy) way!
Valentina
Jonathan
Sofia
Ella
Caleb
Ethan S
Robbie
Jaidyel
Monte
Izabella
Elliot
Elias
Magdalena
Lena
Iza
Christian
Boden
Jeremiah
Eliana
Kaylee
Brooklyn
Iker
Ethan H
Ian
Jo
Vuyi
Martha
Damian
Rainbow Line Design Drawings
3rd grade
What we learned:
The correct order of the rainbow
How to make a zig-zag line look 3-dimensional
That contrast can make for an eye-catching display! We used only black & white line designs around the rainbows so that the colors would look brighter.
Chiara
Frances
Judah
Ada
Bryn
Addyson
Renisha
Grace
Cecily
Emmanuel
Andres
Emilio
Elliot
Fauve (wild beast!) Self-Portraits
{ 4th Grade }
What we learned:
Fauve if a French term for “Wild Beasts”
Fauvism was an art period where artists were using wild and unrealistic colors
Self-Portraits are drawings that artists create of themselves
Win
Leannah
Lena
Henry LM
Caroline
Ian
Mollie
Camila
Alice
Henry L
Odetta
Kahlan
Wyatt
Gabe
Nathaniel
Conrad
Abel
Sadie
Violet
5th grade
Dessert Drawings
inspired by artist Wayne Thiebaud
What we learned:
About the life and work of artist Wayne Thiebaud
What Analogous colors are: colors next to each other on the color wheel
How to blend Analogous colors together using oil pastels
How to draw a variety of desserts
How to add shadows, highlights and cast shadows to make objects look 3-dimensional
Stefan
Emery
Miles
Norah
Santi
Landry
Isaac
Nate
Linden
Zeph
Evan
Hosea
Oliver
Michael
Caleb
4th graders
Went on an imaginary night walk,
inspired by the book Flashlight, by Lizi Boyd
What we learned:
Contrast means the eye-catching effect you get when dark and light colors are beside each other, like black and white
What animals you might see out at night
How to draw a person in the style of artist Lizi Boyd
Kaylee
Martha
Vuyi
Jonathan
Caleb
Brooklyn
Jeremiah
Ian
Boden
Valentina
Jo
Magdalena
Ethan S
1-Point Perspective Cities
5th Grade
After learning about 1-point perspective (a drawing technique to make something look 3-dimensional), practicing and brainstorming, the 5th graders created their own fun & imaginative cities!
Ellie
Evan
Michael
Ben
Oliver
Isaac
Sophie
Santi
Nate
Sam
Linden
Norah
Ryne
Caleb
Hosea
Zeph
Jane