Above: Sophia - 1., Anneke - 1, Quinn - 5.

Above: Hailey -5., Finn - K. Below: Gabby - 5., Hailey - 5.

John - K., Stephen - K., Sawyer -K., Annabella - 2

Megan - 1 - chalkwork and fox, Lilly - 4 bedroom rendition

Optimus - K, David - 5

Seth - K - St. Patrick's Day rainbow and pot of gold!

Joe - 2 - detailed drawing, Quinn -3 "Tomie dePaola" art inspiration, Abby - 4

Drake - 4 self portrait, Hunter - 5 bedroom

Hailey - 5 bedroom, Jake - 1 spray paint caterpillar!

Brody - 3 and James - 1 robots! Quinn - K caterpillar and kitchen counter art studio :), William - K spin art - COOL!

Brody - 5 bedroom, Stana - 2 home art studio, Matthew - 5

Nolan -K, Sophia - K, Tyler - K, Kaleb - 4 (top room drawing) & Mrs. Elmore (bottom drawing)

Mila - PK & Keegan - 1 , Noah - 1 & "Forky"

Katelyn - 1, James - 1

Jackson - 1, Megan - 1 Matisse cut-out

Abby - 4 (bedroom), David - 4 (bedroom)

Geneva, Kate

Braxton and making Matisse Cut-out Art!

Noah - 1 -- getting creative with marshmallows, Nathan - 1 combines writing and art!

Matisse Cut-Outs: Tristan, Tyler, Tanner - 1

Optimus & Liam and Nolan, knock it out of the park with Matisse cut-outs!

Peyton - 4 is artist extraordinaire -- even sculpting a "delicious" ice cream cone! Isaiah - 4 stitched together his own blackbird -- AMAZING!

Woo Hoo! Maranatha went to the beach! Beautiful! Stana was inspired by artist, Juliette Crane. Spectacular!

Sofia and Annabelle, go feather crazy! Campbell - K and Marlowe - 2, art it up! :)

Gunnar watched the Juliette Crane video and then created his own painting -- good job!

Anneke made Fluffy, the three-headed dog from Harry Potter -- AMAZING (I've requested a lesson from her and brother, Isaiah).

Matthew - 4 beach scene in watercolor, Sophia goes "Matisse!"

Alexa - 2 "Owl", Joe Pereira takes on drawing tutorials - very cool!, Sam - 5 AMAZING heli-skiing scene, Crosby creates on the dry erase board -- great idea!

Kody & Raimee are artists in their element! Liam created Matisse-style -- EXCELLENT!, Alex - 2 brings back the "Funky Chicken" Woo! Hoo!

William - K does "Matisse", Tanner - 1 does "Abstract", Stephen - K printed paper cut-out, Brody - 5 goes to the "Beach", Quinn - 3 owl art, Joe - 2 "The Merry Marauder"

Zoe - 3 & Audra - 2 - Celebrating God's creations in nature, Kate Moore serving up treats and hugs!

Owen - 1 & Paige - 4 beautiful artwork, CJ's super creative spin on Juliette Crane-inspired art style.

The Dean family joined the painting fun! Way to go Dean Family! Quinn - 5 "goes to the beach" with a beautiful painting,

Finn - K does "Matisse" cut-out and creates a lollipop and hamburger! Awesome!

Will - 5 creates Normandy Beach - very cool!

Nathan - 1 and Simon - 3 use colored pencils to draw an airplane and control tower and the galaxy.

Peyton - 4 - Beautiful beach scene! Brody - 3 - creates an excellent bunny with bird in the tree.

Stana - 2 - When there isn't a TV in your bedroom, you make one! Adysen - K - Matisse cut-out in time for Spring!

Alex - 2 - put tons of time and effort into this spectacular owl! Kate - 4 - takes on a still life -- well done!

William - K - Watercolor Jellyfish -- how cool is this? :)

4th & 5th graders practice drawing skills with outlining and shading -- Peyton -4, Quinn - 5, Lilly - 4, Abby - 4

In light of the times, Quinn's choice of a Clorox wipes is perfect! Kaleb's - 4 - "Hot Cocoa" marshmallows and all! Travis - 4 has the most unusual "plant" growing in his home, Jackson's water bottle is nearly life-like! Outstanding edgework and shading! Lily's bedroom drawing is detailed and colorful!

K & 1 Go Kandinsky as they listen to music while they color -- just like the famous artist who saw color and painted it when he listened to music. Above is the work of Carter - 1 and his quoted inspiration: "Carter wanted to listen to rock music during his drawing time and was drumming along on the table, singing and rocking along! He said he wanted to use bright colors and make explosions, (“like fireworks”) during the loud parts. Many of the songs made him feel “happy” and he drew based on lyrics and feelings, (love, happiness, blue sky, etc). What a fun activity!"

More Kandinsky Art ... Vivian - 1 - "Viv enjoyed this and approached it two different ways. We listened to a lot of Jazz and pivoted between different sounds at which time she would change colors.

Pic 1- she got moving ! her little sister said it was just a scribble Vivian said " let you hands listen to the music & just let it move how it wants to"

Pic 2- we closed out eyes and let our minds go with the music and she drew what the music made her think of/feel. There was a guitar, a man sitting on a bench, the ocean, one made her feel sad and quiet, one she saw a staircase and someone walking under it."

Megan - 1 "Hello!

We really had a lot of fun with this art project today!

We picked an upbeat jazzy song that instantly made us feel like we were on the ocean (instead of stuck inside on a snowy day) 😉

The song was an instrumental version of Game of Love.

Megan said it made her think of:

Relaxing in the hot sun on the ocean, dreaming of putting her toes in the sand while she sails around and catches fish next to a rushing waterfall."

Katelyn - 1 Uses lots of color and shape -- her music must have been happy and upbeat!

Kandinsky Art ... Ronin - 1 "Ronin used the below words as he listened to the music:

It sounds like the ocean and fish

It sounds like someone is stuck in a well.

I am drawing fast because the music is fast

Now it sounds like Billie (our dog) running around."

Noah - 1 "Today Noah decided to listen to a rock and roll song and make his art project. He said the red represents being mad, the blue was calm, and the black was angry."

Owen - 1 Clearly, Owen must have been listening to happy and "fast" music! Very cool!

Danika - 5 with an amazing geometric creation -- she put lots of time into this piece! Bea's creativity never ceases to amaze -- I assume she earned movie time with this awesome piece!

4th & 5th Graders take on basic drawing skills! Brianna 5, David 4, Isaiah 4, Allie 5, Nattie 4, Kody 5, Angelina - 4, Hugh - 4, Matthew 4

2nd & 3rd go Modigliani with awesome portraits! Caleb 2, Maria 3, Leighton 3, Avery 2, Will 2, Maura 3, Maria 3, Gunnar 2, Raimee 3, Brecken 3, Andrew 3, Alexa 3

Sebastian - 4 is busy making very cool crafts, Reese - K- colored a beautiful picture, the Provenzano family painted INCREDIBLE rocks! Hugh - 4 headed to the beach with sunny piece of art.

Lucy - 4, Luke - 5 , and Wallace 4, Brody - 5, worked hard to shade these objects - excellent work!

Below are Modigliani- inspired portraits by 2nd and 3rd grade artists - Modigliani would be proud of so many interpretations!

Elin - 3, Scarlett - 2, Levi - 3, Leighton -3, Stana - 2, Quinn - 3

"Hi, Mrs. Mansfield - Attached is Leighton's work for your class from this week - she calls it "The Masterpiece of Mommy". I feel very honored. :)"

"Stana and I drew these inspired portraits today. In the picture, hers is on the left & mine is on the right. She had me do whatever she did and taught me an art class :) The picture is titled, ‘Mom in the park’. "

Below are Kandinsky-inspired art pieces by Kindergarten and 1st grade. Kids listened to music and drew, colored, and painted what they felt by choosing certain colors, shapes, lines, and objects.

Logun - K, Tristan - K,

Stephen - K, "It was a very fun exercise. I did it with him too. We listened to 8 different songs from classical to popular rock. Some of them he said he felt sad, others were happy, worrisome, quiet... "

Campbell - K,

Quinn - K, "It’s more about her mood that comes into this piece :)"

Sophia - K,

Sofia - 1, This is Sofia’s creation this week 🥰 Yellow - she colored yellow when she felt happiness in the song,

When she felt a medium emotion she used purple or brown, Blue she used when she felt sadness in the song."

Tyson - 1, "Tyson was listening to some classical music which he said made him feel surprised."

Braxton - K, Lucy - K,

Finn - K, "Here is Finn’s picture he drew while listening to Beethoven and Tchaikovsky.

He said this is how the music made him feel. It’s him with his family. And sister is over at the end with the dog. 😝"

Optimus - K, "Painting to the Nutcracker Suite"

Adysen - K - "Addy said that the music made her feel happy most of the time. At one point she said she it made her think of her smiling so she added herself in the picture. "

Savannah - 1 - created beautiful flowers - stunning! Kendyl's gorgeous beach scene is awesome - look at the waves!

Kendyl - 4 and a great job with outlining and shading, Layla - 2 - has Modigliani down! Excellent portrait of her big sister, Lucy!

Alex - 2 - mastered the Modigliani project with her own version! Will - 5 and Thijs - 4 make drawing look easy -- great job boys!

The Cissna brothers got super creative -- using the back of wrapping paper to draw life-size self portraits!

Drake - 4 - is an amazing artist -- check out this guy! Crosby has been on the move -- painting rocks and delivering them to his neighbors -- how thoughtful is that? Cedric went Modigliani, even though he started out drawing his dog! Art is full of surprises!

Pets on Parade!!!!! See some of the artwork pouring in! More to follow!!!!!

Caleb W., Andrew L. , Jordan S., Drake G., Alexa V., Allie H., Hannah R., Quinn S., Lilly O., Nolan and his brothers!

Max S., Brody W., Jax G., Sophia P., Kate M., Landri M., David D., Reese G., MJ C., Kody O., Maura O., Adysen V., Gunnar G., Vera V., Tyler J., Braxton G., Quinn & Cedric O.

Stana M., Sabastian C., Raimee O.

Stephen- K-, Matthew -4-, Zoe -3-, Harrison -5-, Alexa -2-, Annabelle - 2-, Giselle -2-, Owen -1-, Paige - 4 -, Audra -2-, Tristan - 4-, Anders -3-

Travis - 4 - , Hugh - 4 -, Finn - K- , Mulder brothers & William -K - with the interactive fish aquarium!, Tanner - 1 -, Brianna - 5 -, Marlowe - 2-, Charles - 4 -, Campbell -K - Venus Fly-trap! , Brody - 5 -, Savannah - 1 - Life size dog!!, Nattie - 4 -, Tristan - K -

Levi - 3 - , Katie - 5 - Below: Alex - 2 - , Will - 5-, SaBell Kids!, Brecken - 3 - brings on the Pet Rocks! :), Hailey - 5 -

Sebastian -5- ., Landri -3-, Devon -2-, Jackson 1 - , Angelina - 4 -, Tyson -1-, Kody -5-, Raimee - 3-, Kate - 4-, Brody - 5-, Quinn - 3-, Tyler - K. Below: Optimus - K-, Chepelevich brothers, Devon - 2-, Annabella - 2 -, Tristan - K and Alexa - 2-, Karsten -2-, Nolan -K-, Bea - K-, Braxton - K-, Leighton - 3 -, Kate 1 -, Isaac 1 -, Jackson -4-, Noah -1-, Carter - 1 -, Faith - 1 -, Brody - 3 -, James - K-, Kylee - 2 -, Kate - 1 - , Adyssen -K -, Karsten - 2-, Optimus - K, Levi - 3 -, Alexis - 5 -, Ella - 1 -, Andrew - 3-, Isaiah - 4 - YES! He designed and built the desk, bench, and box!, Hunter - 5, Eggebeen brother art!

Below are more Monet-inspired pieces of art created "En Plein Aire".

ENJOY the beauty found in nature by our DC artists!

John - K -, David - 4 -, Savannah - 1 -, Gunnar - 2 -, MJ - 3 -, Campbell -K -, Marlowe -2 -, Elin - 3 -, Barny -1-, Charles - 4

Hugh - 4 -, Sophia K -, Brianna - 5-, Lilly -4 -, Seth and art in the treehouse fort!, Maria - 3 -, Alexa - 3 -, Giselle - 2.

Isaiah Schreurs gives "home office" a whole new meaning! He designed his own cubicle to accommodate his desk and bench!

Below: Quinn - 5 - , Nattie -4 -, Levi 3 -, Jake H., , William -K - , Gemma M., Lotte N., Katie M., Carson M., Stana M., Allie H., Tristan H., Luke D., Riah M., Frannah (pet and sketch art)

Interesting Pets! Charlie - 5, Grayson -3, Juniper -4, and Nathan - 3 Koi Pond! Very cool!

And, more en plein aire paintings: Charlie - 5, Logun - K, Scarlett - 2, Wallace - 4, Layla - 2 (with puppy bites!), Juniper -4 (beach scene), Charlie - 5, Grayson -3, Carter - 1, Lincoln - 1, Lucy - 4, Jax - K, Cedric - 1, Quinn - K

Incredible art above! Quinn - 5, Jordan -3, Noah - 4 (a whole assortment of awesome canvases!), Marcos - 4, and John -K, with his sister and brother taking in the REAL MONET's at the Denver Art Museum!!!!!

Bellow: Tenley's bowl made from mud brought back from the lake and dried in the sun and then painted! Thomas -4, Isabelle 3, Weston - 3 (Parrot).

Above: Alex and Will en plein aire, Lily's card house, Isabelle's "Taking Dad to the Park" 3-D

Below: Gavi's home art studio !