1st Grade

The first graders just finished their Romero Britto inspired cats, dogs and Darth Vaders. They did a great job filling in their drawings and backgrounds with all kinds of line and shape patterns like Britto does. Some of them even drew the Pi symbol like Britto. They are full of color and energy!

2nd Grade

The second graders just finished learning about tints. They learned that if you add white to a color, you create tints. They practiced creating different tints of a color on a long piece of paper and then traced and cut out scoops of ice cream. They arranged the ice cream scoops on top of a cone (from light to dark) on a paper that was the complimentary color of their ice cream. To finish it off some added sprinkles and a cherry. 

3rd Grade

The third graders just finished their birch tree collage. They painted a cool colored background, painted and smeared black paint to create birch trees and then made stamps for leaves and printed many leaves. When everything was dry, they cut out their trees and leaves and arranged them onto the background. Some of them crinkled their leaves to give texture. They look amazing!

4th Grade

The fourth graders just finished their one-point perspective folk art landscape. It’s a mouthful but one-point perspective is a way of drawing that creates depth. They drew a road, river or railroad track going away in the distance and then filled in the landscape with all kinds of colors and patterns just like in folk art. They did an amazing job with something that can be really tricky. 

5th Grade

The fifth graders have just finished their aluminum foil embossings. There are a couple missing from the pictures because there are still a few that need to finish. They did a great job creating these. They really catch your eye especially when the sunlight is shining on them.