I am so thrilled to announce our sculpture chairs are COMPLETE, and will be on display this Wednesday in the plaza, and on May 14th during the art party. Please come and join us for our pop up exhibit 2:00- 2:50pm this Wednesday. It is now time not only to celebrate all their hard work,... Continue Reading →
The G8 Chairs Are Complete
This is part 2 of a previous POST The students did an exceptional job with this task, and as always when you look back you realize just how much they have grown as artists. The previous post above documents the learning and documentation required to reach this final step. STUDENTS FINISHING THEIR CHAIRS Once the... Continue Reading →
G8 Chair Sculptures are DONE!
The process of these sculptures can be seen in previous posts. This is a celebration and showcase of the students hard work as this unit draws to an end. It has been a 12-14 week journey and still remains to be one of the best units I have taught! When their chairs are complete the... Continue Reading →
Zentangle Eyes to Clay Bowls
The grade 6 students have been very busy in the art room. Not a minute is wasted! They have now completed their gorgeous Zentangle eyes. The students had to demonstrate an ability to: tone create movement add repeated patterns present work neatly Their results are fabulous. Digital Art and LifeCards Reflection Once that was complete they... Continue Reading →
Stop Motion Sculptures G7
Sculpture Review I have written about this task previously but just for a quick review the students made their sculptures out of stocking, wood and wire. Then they sketched them in their books (observational drawing) and photographed them. Three concepts were created on the iPad using Procreate and three concepts were drawn in their books.... Continue Reading →
What have Grades 2 and 2/3 been doing?
Grade 2 have been exploring a variety of techniques from frottage (rubbings), collage to drawing Hangzhou at night with the reflections in the water. Grade 2/3 have been creating beautiful collages based on reflections. They started this task with a beautiful butterfly print.