March 2018
Kindergarten & 2nd Grades Hot Air Balloons
Hot Air Balloons
Kindergarten and 2nd grades at Recluse created 3D art on a 2D surface by drawing a balloon and then adding paper to blow up the balloon.
Kindergarten Chickies
Ed's Egg..Hatched!
Kindergarten heard the book "Ed's Egg" and we learned about hatching eggs and the shy ones that still need their mamas. They got to FINALLY scribble and create a positive space in their art.
First Grade Tube Monsters
Tube Monsters
First grade used recycled materials to create a monster from a paper towel tube by gluing with felt and integrating pattern to their form.
Third-Fifth Grades Picasso Faces
Picasso Faces
Third, forth and fifth grades at Recluse created Picasso inspired faces using cardboard and oil pastels by integrating bizarre facial features and random, colorful patterns.
Third Grade Smiling Suns
Smiling Suns
Third grades created groovy suns by blending colored pencils and painting their background with cool watercolor paints.
Fourth Grade Color Wheel Web
Color Wheel Web
Fourth grade created a web with alternating color wheels not only displaying color order but showing complementary colors. These were painted with watercolor paints.
Fifth Grade Foreshotening
Self-Portrait Foreshortening
Fifth grade created an interesting self-portrait by using foreshortening as an illusion. They colored these with colored pencil.
Sixth Grade Botswana Baskets
Botswana Baskets
Sixth grade studied the culture of Botswana and created their own small coil basket using coil and yarn.