I just can't help myself!

I have to share more of these!

Mrs. Hannah's class just finished their submissions for the PTO AR T-Shirt Contest and I am BLOWN AWAY by the creativity I saw in this class!  They must have an amazing art teacher ;)  These are just a few of the awesome designs I saw from them: I am serious, PTO has a hard decision to make!

Artwork By: Andrew J.

Artwork By: Chris N.

Artwork By: Braelynn D.

Artwork By: Jackson W.

Artwork By: Garrett L.

Artwork By: Garrett A.

Artwork By: Cooper D.

Artwork By: Abby S.

Artwork By: Lauren B.

Artwork By: Ruby O.

Artwork By: Bianca S.

Mr. Harper's Class Earned a FUN DAY!

Fun Days really are some of the best days!  Not only are we celebrating the students' hard work during art class, but we're also getting to stretch our creativity in ways we don't normally have time to explore.  The students always get to pick their activity (as long as it somehow involves art!) and many classes have latched on to one of my favorite games "Exquisite Corpse."  In this game, the paper is folded into thirds and then one person draws the head, another the torso, and the last the legs; however, no one knows what the person before drew.  It's not until the end of the game when everyone unfolds their drawing that they see the silly creature they've made!  This art game was actually quite common amongst Surrealist artists because it would inspire them to create the unique characters that appeared in their paintings (Salvador Dali is one of the most famous Surrealists).

Enjoy the creativity and maybe play it at home one day!

 

PTO Accelerated Reader T-Shirt Contest

I've been working feverishly with my 3rd - 5th graders on a collaboration with our school's PTO.  The PTO graciously takes care of the awards and prizes that our students receive for earning points for reading books and taking quizzes on them.  The most coveted of the prizes being the AR T-Shirt!  When the PTO approached me about the students creating the design for the next shirt I LOVED the idea!  And the kids did too!  So we've spent the last couple weeks learning about Graphic Designers and how many of the everyday packages and logos we see were designed by artists.  Here are just a few of my favorites that have been turned in so far...and Mrs. Bates' class working diligently!  PTO will have a hard choice to make!

 

Artwork by: Alex G.

Artwork by: Sebastian S.

Artwork By: Mariana O.

Artwork By: Grace N.

Artwork By: Isabella Z.

Artwork By: Tiffy C.

Artwork By: Cheyanne S.

And I couldn't resist posting this one!  Mr. Corbin, this student thought that you should be on a t-shirt!  Our students love our new media aid so much!

Our little Architects!

First Grade learned about a career in Art this week: an architect!  We read the book Iggy Peck Architect, and talked about all the way buildings can be unique through their architecture!  It was also a great chance to review skills like: shape knowledge, cutting and gluing.  Enjoy!

Artwork by: Miley W.

EXPLOSION OF COLOR...and a scrap paper mess, but it's a good mess!  Means a lot of creativity happened today!

More Kinder

Here is some more fun from Mrs. Vanus' Kindergarten Class creating their Pete the Cat drawings!

Art work created by: Madeline N.

Throw Back Thursday!

As I was cleaning up my computer of unnecessary items I found a project that I never published from last year.  Last year 3rd grade worked long and hard on their Moroccan Tessellation Tile project using color pencils.  The students had to create their own stencils to create the shape of the tiles and then carefully traced them to make the intricate pattern.  I can't believe I never posted it!  The results were gorgeous!