Fifth Grade Observe/Imagine 2018-19
1/2/3 +Starry Night inspired Cityscape- Building a Dramatic sky inspired by Turner and Van Gogh, using crayon, watercolor and sea salt. City silhouette images were added with cut paper collage and embellished with white and metallic gel pen. Inspired by images of famous Architectural sites around the world.
4 Imaginary galaxy snapshots: chalk pastels, tracing circles to create planet like
shapes and using shading to build a 3-D effect.
5 Human Face: The art of portraiture, Line and design work sheets
and introduction to basic face drawing skills
6-9 -3+Royal Dogs- What is a royal portrait? Brief overview of court
portrait painting. Humorous approach to portraiture, using printed support
materials of both cartoon and realistic dogs, students developed their own
imagery using pencil, sharpie, gel pen, color pencil, crayon and water color.
Design and decorate a frame. 
10+Event project- I dream the Universe- Acrylic paint, glitter
paper, embellishments and clay are all part of this mixed media art piece. Set
against a collage of green leaves the lone figure is deep in thought, star dust
and star light together in one moment and it is truly magical! Composition and
parts built/constructed by students. 
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| collage and painting details |
11/12+3-D this is me! Cartoon inspired self-portrait using modeling clay, Pop
art, animation. Exploring new materials, humor, emotion, storytelling. Stop motion films and the classic Mr. Bill.
Fourth Grade Designers 2018-19
1/2-3 Day of the Dead Foil
Skulls –DOD Inspired
Sugar Skull on foil. Sharpies, and pencil. Discussed cultural connections and
looked at images and design support material, Cultural connections. Introduction to Frida Kahlo's work/life.
4-5 Fall at the lake- Seasonal connected watercolor project, inspired by
the work of Georgia O’Keeffe, watercolor pencils, pencil and watercolor paints.
Building a composition from abstract to landscape, color blocking and details
6+ Event Project- Tumble for Me- Geometry and quilting come together in this paper collage of shape and color. Based on the traditional tumble block quilting pattern this non-traditional artwork has over 100 hand cut and personalized pieces that work together to give a rhythmic flow to this dynamic composition.
7-10 Pop Portraits - Combining inspiration from a variety
of Artists, Mona Lisa, di Vinci, Vermeer, Girl with a Pearl Earring, American Gothic and Pop Artist Andy Warhol, students traced one of these iconic images on clear overhead sheets using Sharpie marker and build a colorful under collage, resulting in images like the graphic work of Warhol.
11/12Pop Art Soup- Students design their own soup label inspired by the
work of Andy Warhol. Marker and color pencil, building a design. 3-D project
Extra: creating quilt patterns
with line and color
Third Grade Collectors 2018-19
4/5/6-3+ Broken Heart
color values and line project-color value
and blending, creating an interesting composition with a limited color palette. Marker used to add bold lines. Inspired by Pop Art and Picasso
7-1+Event Project-
Home is Where the Heart Is!: Love=Home, Home=Love, in the spirit of UP, enjoy
this charming assemblage of hand created paper hearts, dozens of specialized
rainbow flowers, painted
paper grass and hand placed cloud puffs set against an acrylic painted
landscaped. There really is no place like this Home!
8 Modigliani self-portraits-
how to draw a face oil pastels and
direct drawing using a grid format, color blending setting a mood or tone. Expressive
and Emotional project with lots of creative expression.
9-12 Colorful Still Life- Matisse inspired cut paper collage. Draw a table/horizon
line, background and foreground, add cut paper symmetrical vase. Creating a
complex composition and following a series of directions, building layers and
details.
Second grade Storytellers 2018-19
1-2 Cubist Fairytale
Villains- Art History connection,
color values, hue plus black or white, construction paper collage. Building art
vocabulary and connecting to art history 
3/4-5+ Little Red Riding Hood-Russian Matryoshka nesting/concentric circles, dolls are created using printed resources working with design, storytelling, details and composition. Sharpie/Watercolor and Watercolor pencils. Marc Chagall was our art history inspiration.
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| making artistic choices |
6 Event Project Bear Hug- Drawing inspiration from Russian matryoshka dolls and folk tales this bear family mixed media art piece is colorful, charming and loaded with texture. Tissue paper collage, hand painted flowers and stamped details are just a few of the techniques found in this delightful composition.
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| tissue paper collage added for trees and grass |
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| details in both paint and collage |
7 Chinese New Year dragon- cross culture, designing with shapes and exploring chalk pastels
8/9-10 My colorful Guitar- artists created their own guitar centered composition using, crayons, color pencil, bleeding tissue paper, markers and collage to build their image and fill it with electric energy!
Inspired by Picasso, Chagall
and 60’s Pop Artist Peter Max
11-12 Dinosaur Yearbook- building on class themes, 2nd grade artists create their own Dino student for a group yearbook project. Printed resources, pencil, color pencil, sharpie and crayon
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