Kindergarten Art

The Kindergarteners are working on symmetrical flower vases.  After coloring their vases and tabletops with markers, flower blobs (abstract flower head shapes) were painted using only primary and secondary colors pan watercolor. Symmetry and color mixing were the main two ideas stressed in this project.  The details (flower centers, petals, stems) were added with markers.

First Grade Art

1^st Graders drew close-ups of scarecrows in an environment. The scarecrows were positioned in the foreground as the lowest thing on the page, making it close to the viewer. To make their scarecrows look inanimate they were positioned with their arms straight out to the sides and their mouths were “stitched.”  But, besides that, anything goes…hat/no hat, boy/girl, pants/dress etc. Environments included farm buildings, crops, and animals.  All objects in the picture were colored hard and solid with crayon.  The sky will be painted with watercolors.

Third Grade Art

Looking at the ocean through a porthole creates a whole new perspective on the third grade underwater scenes. Having at least one large fish and different varieties of very detailed plant life makes these pictures appear up close and personal.  Water-soluble oil pastels in analogous colors were used to blend the colors of the fish and plants. Liquid watercolors fill the background.

Second Grade Art

The Second Graders have recently finished a Days of the Dead skeleton picture. The Days of the Dead is a Hispanic holiday celebrated on the 1^st and 2^nddays of November. It is a celebration of the life of deceased loved ones. Students  cut out skeletons, put them in an action pose, created clothing if needed, and placed them in an environment that shows some of the things that the deceased person loved (not a scary Halloween type of picture). The addition of glitter always makes this artwork very festive! We didn't finish these in time to display on the bulletin boards, but be looking forward to seeing these at the April Art Fair.

After discussing the difference between actual texture and visual texture we started oil pastel drawings of owls. We'll soon have a flock of feathery owls. Feather patterns were created mixing only three colors plus black and white. Radial feather patterns “radiate” from an eye center, long feathers hang in  repeated patterns down the wings, and small feather tufts dot the breast. These should be finished and displayed soon after Thanksgiving break.