Paul Klee’s “Highway and Byways” was the inspiration for these pieces created by our Fourth Grade artists. This project also focused on our school-wide goal of improving student math number sense with a deeper understanding of fractions. Fourth grade students used their knowledge of fractions to divide their paper space into halves, thirds, and fourths. [...]
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Second grade artists have been studying the work of American artist Faith Ringgold. They were intrigued by her famous Story Quilts and enjoyed reading the story and words that surround her quilts. Second graders learned how to weave paper to create their “quilt” and added stories about themselves to finish the piece. They created a [...]
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Each year, student artwork is selected for display at our Administration Building. The framed artwork is “on loan” for one year and then returned to the students. It is always a pleasure to drop the artwork off at the Administration Building – everyone there stops what they are doing and gathers around the art pieces, [...]
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If you happened to pass the art room lately, you may have heard lots of giggling, laughter, squeals of surprise…well, more than usual anyway! My artists have been getting a kick out of looking at artwork that they created during their years at Georgetown – from kindergarten right up to their current grade. Each year [...]
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Kindergarten artists are trying to bring some Spring to our school by painting large flowers. Each artist drew a large flower then chose warm or cool color paints to mix and paint their petals with. They then chose their favorite insect to draw and color with markers to add to their flowers. We were hoping the Kindergarten flowers [...]
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A huge thank you to everyone who visited our annual District Art Show this week! We had a fantastic turn out – we packed the City Hall reception room! Thanks to all of you for your support of our art program. Here’s a last look at the show! And one more….from our Principal, Mrs. [...]
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Here’s a little sneak peak at the 2013 HPS Student Art Show!
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The 13th Annual HPS Student Art Show goes up tomorrow! Here are the FINAL Georgetown selections….just under the wire! See you at the Art Show!!
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Well, let’s hope all this rain brings us ….. dandelions! Several of my classes have been enjoying this pretty spring “filler” project while their classmates are finishing up other projects. Our dandelions are inspired by a post from “Art Projects For Kids” – How to Draw a Dandelion.
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First grade artists have been learning about the Impressionist work of Claude Monet. As they examined Monet’s Japanese Bridge painting, they all wondered….where are the frogs on the lily pads?! So…we created lily pads, blending our colors so it looked like the sun was shining on them, just like Monet might do. They added little [...]
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