Grade One - February 28 - March 4, 2011

Vase Face Still Life with Flowers – using cut paper, and water colors, tissue paper and a special model, students will create a unique still life.

Kindergarden February 28 - March 4, 2011

Puzzle-Piece Landscapes – students will look at landscape paintings and a real jigsaw puzzle and then imagine what part of the puzzle their piece would look like. They will color their piece with oil pastels and then fit the puzzle together to see their class masterpiece.

Nursery PreK February 28 - March 4, 2011

Things that go! We are looking at transportation this week. Using our imaginations we will be turning shoe boxes and other boxes into things that go!

Grade 1 - February 14-17, 2011

Up Close with Chuck Close – First graders will continue to work on their compositions inspired by the work of Chuck Close by painting 8 abstract mini-paintings in one composition.

Kindergarten - February 14-17, 2011

Kindergarteners enjoyed their visit to the senior art room last week where they painted a large abstract composition that started with members of the line family and evolved into very interesting and unusual shapes. then they filled their shapes with lots of color. This week they will resume their paintings of tropical birds.

Nursery and Pre K - February 14-17, 2011

This week students will find new magazines for collages and some tempera paints to explore. Students will continue working individually, with teacher support, on their bubble wrap and found object printing project.

Grade 1 January 31-February 11, 2011

Grade 1
Grade one students are continuing their unit on portraits. They started by drawing a self portrait looking closely at the shape of their faces, placement of their eyes and hair styles. Next we will take an “up close” look at the artist Chuck Close and his work. Then we will use some of his ideas to inspire our own compositions. Using tempera paint, color and form will take on a new dimension.

Kindergarten January 31 - February 11, 2011

Kindergarteners are visiting the "big" art room to do some painting. They will demonstrate how lines make shapes and interesting lines make interesting shapes. By filling in the spaces and shapes with color and they will make bold nonobjective compositions that are fun to make and fun to look at.

Nursery and Pre-School students are exploring new materials in the arts center. Each day they will find something new to explore. Will it be Ooblick, saving cream floating on water, or fresh scraps for the scrap box? Using the collage papers they created with newspapers, scissors and glue sticks they will explore the concept of the art print using bubble wrap and found objects.