The months of February and March are always very busy in the art room!  Our projects become a bit more complicated and we use a wide variety of art media as our students incorporate everything they have learned since September in their art making.  

Here’s a look at some of the projects we have been finishing up over the last two weeks.

Our kindergarten artists are using oil pastel and watercolors to create large colorful chickens.

First graders have been excited about their squids, the BIGGEST thing in the ocean – almost!  We painted our squids with tempera, drew into the tempera background with a squiggly tool, and are finishing up with careful shading around the edges with a black crayon.  Our squids are huge and wonderful!

Second graders have been looking at the work of Swiss artist Paul Klee.  They were quick to notice his use of texture and shape.  They have been creating a work in the style of Klee’s famous “Head of a Man”.  We used printed burlap for our background and are now drawing with layers of oil pastel.  Very messy and very cool!

Third graders are finishing up their study of Matisse with cut paper collage vases.  They are adding texture pieces made from model magic on top of the vases for extra visual interest.  Ask third graders about Matisse and the eye path….they love finding an artist’s eye path in their work!

Fourth grade reviewed the art element of line as they created a line drawing rug…and then added an outrageous collage bug….Bug on a Rug!

 

Fifth graders are excited to finally finish up their masks and take them home.  Mrs. Brouwer has put away the feathers and beads and yarn and raffia and glitter (whew!) in preparation for another 5th grade project next week!  We also squeezed in a little architecture project – we are dreaming of warmer weather and enjoyed creating small colorful island home drawings.