This Week in Art

4th - All fourth graders are starting to glaze their mugs.  Glaze is like paint except the it is liquid clay with colored chemicals in it.  The students are learning all about glazes and how to use them.  We will be finishing glazing next week and will "fire" them in the kiln after that.

3rd - All third graders are finishing up their origami candy cup this week.  After a couple finishing folds, we are coloring them with markers.  With many holidays like National Teacher Day and Mother's Day coming up, they make a perfect present!

2nd - All second graders are painting their 'face' pots this week.  We are using bright tempera paints to add color to these cool sculptures!  The students have had a lot of fun with this project.  Clay is always a good time!

1st - Last week first graders worked on drawing with glue.  This week we are using chalk pastel again to make these pictures very colorful.  While chalk pastel is messy, it is a ton of fun.

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Great Examples of Artist Week

This Week In Art

3rd and 4th graders are finishing up their surreal artwork and their study of Salvador Dali.  They have been adding colors this week using marker, crayon, and colored pencil.  Next week will be an artist day, so please have your students bring sculpture materials if they would like to make sculptures.

2nd graders have started their clay week!  Last week we made plans for our clay face pot, but this week are getting into the mud.  This is always an exciting time.  Students made all kind of faces...monsters, animals, and self portraits.

1st graders are finishing up their bird drawings and their study of John James Audubon.  This week we are adding color with chalk pastels.  The students always have fun blending and mixing the colors with their fingers.  Here are a couple student examples...

Back from Spring Break

3rd and 4th grade have been studying the artist Salvador Dali and Surrealism.  Surrealism was an art form where artists would use their dreams to help them in their artwork.  Many times there would be real things like people, clocks, or bubbles, but they would do impossible tasks like melt, explode, or mutate.  We looked at several Salvador Dali paintings and watched a Disney cartoon called Destino that he helped create.  Here are several examples of almost complete artworks...

2nd graders are starting their clay project for the year.  This is a very exciting time!  We are studying face pots which are self-explanatory, pots with faces made on them.  This week I showed them how to make a face pot and they came up with ideas by drawing.  Next week will be our big clay week!

1st graders are studying the artist John James Audubon.  JJ Audubon loved birds and with spring warming up we're hearing more and more birds singing their songs.  Mr. Audubon created hundreds, maybe thousands, of bird artworks.  He took his best works and made a book out of them called the 'Birds of America.'  It is still one of the most extensive books of bird drawings out there!

Finishing Up "Artist" Week