Students were asked to submit works of art to put up on show for view prior to the beautiful Elementary Music Concert on 5/11/22. Here is a video documenting their submissions. Enjoy!

Have you ever read the book Baby Rattlesnake by Te Ata and Lynn Moroney? Students in 2nd grade got to study about Rattlesnakes, and then designed a papier mache snake using paper, wire, colored papers and google eyes! Students positioned their snakes so they would 'hold' to their desired shape and we talked about how markings make snakes 'different'.

Students got to study this infamous Dutch painter. In a decade, he created about 2,100 artworks, including around 860 oil paintings, most of which date from the last two years of his life. Students learned about the history of Starry Night and got to paint a picture inspired by his color use and mark making.

2nd Graders made grumpy monkeys. We chose our favorite facial expression from the book by Suzanne Lang. We are all grumpy monkeys sometimes.

Kindergarteners learned the processes of artist and children's author Eric Carle. We created a spider artwork and then took our learning to make our own art!

A school of ceramic fish have taken over a hallway at the Elementary School in Superior. We made them especially bright with oil pastel resist with tempera paint to make them bright and beautiful. These were made by 3rd graders and we looked at species of trout to create their anatomy in clay.

2nd graders last week explored watercolor paper and leaf prints with Styrofoam and used glue to give the impression of a leaf's line of flight through the air on brisk fall day. We observed the shapes and veins of leaves and identified the variety.

3rd graders explored landscape collage using wallpaper and learned about foreground, middle ground, and background. We were inspired by the fall colors changing and discussed the chlorophyll and colors produced. Enjoy perusing them!

First graders explored the work of Henri Matisse and his use of abstract looking organic shapes.

2nd graders explored layering papers and cutting them to produce patterns and designs in their western diamondback rattlesnakes this week. Check them out!

We used our imagination to create an underground world with watercolors and oil pastels. The next day we took fish and put paint on them. We used real rice paper to 'record' the length and textures of our fish just like real gyotaku art. So fun!

This week kindergarten students learned about the famous flower paintings and artists that made them. We used magnifying glasses to investigate the details of our flowers and then shared our discoveries with one another. We then turned back to our own work and drew and painted the live flowers in front of us!

We made woven dream catchers out of paper plates, yarn and beads for our craft for the year with 5th and 6th graders.

This week we discussed abstraction in Native American parfleche saddlebags. We discussed their use of color and shape arrangements. Our assignment was to create an abstraction of our own, inspired by European and Native American geometries and abstraction. Here is a peak at a few of them. We glazed our favorite design on a ceramic tile to take home as a coaster.

This week our Fifth and Sixth graders used wire, rock, glue, and beads to make an imaginary tree. We had an hour of extra time to make these. Think the Lorax, and you get the idea. We had a good time making these just for fun and hope you enjoy their variety.

This week's theme was trout. Inspired by the artist Joseph Tomelleri, students created distinct trout species illustrations. We used watercolor pencils to blend the details we observed using some of Tomelleri's works as inspiration. Enjoy these 3rd graders works!

Second graders learned step by step how to draw two different types of owls and then painted their favorite. This was a discovery project meant to allow students to chose their own colors, see what happens as they are mixed, and in general work from start to finish on their very own two day owl art assignment. We are super proud of them!

Kindergarteners used marker and paint to create our patterned " View of the Birch Trees". This was a fun, one day project

Kindergarteners beaded string, created patterns on colored paper, and used toilet roll tubes to create shakers this past week. One of them is filled with rice, the other with beans to produce different sounds. We learned that most of the time percussion instruments are the instruments that keep rhythm in music compositions.

6th Graders this week worked on Linear Abstractions and making more interesting color combinations in watercolor paint. We used rulers to divide our painting area. Since Valentines Day is coming up soon, some of us did XOXO.

Students created a container that hangs and holds items on the wall in 5th/6th grade last week!

Students created a landscape that featured a background, middleground, foreground and horizon line.

Students the week before thanksgiving used templates, watercolor, oil pastels, and word art to create Rainbow Turkey and Thankful Turkeys. Check them out!

The last part of November we are featuring Mrs. Cooper's class art on Bats and Leaves. We learned about how bats live in winter, bat species in Montana, their shapes, and types of leaves and we did leaf rubbings and leaf prints.

Kindergarteners in early November learned about the art of Illustrator and Artist Eric Carle. They then discovered the anatomy of spiders and their parts. We created our own painted paper and got messy! Then, we produced a spider artwork and invented animals based from the book, The Very Busy Spider.