New Weaving Projects

My third and fourth graders have been exploring weaving this past week.  We used some unusual “looms” for our weaving; third graders wove around a paper plate, and fourth graders are experiencing weaving around a plastic cup as their loom.  Both grades are absolutely loving this new weaving technique – and many of my students are sneaking paper plates and plastic cups out of their cupboards at home so they can weave more – they are hooked!

Third Grade paper plate weaving

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Fourth Grade plastic cup weaving

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New Art Show Selections

Here are the most recent selections for our upcoming Hudsonville Student Art Show, scheduled for April 25-28, 2011.  Keep scrolling, there are a bunch of beautiful pieces!  Congratulations, artists!

Kindergarten Penguin First Grade PicassoFirst Grade Picasso First Grade Picasso Second Grade Giraffe Second Grade Giraffe Second Grade Giraffe Second Grade Giraffe First Grade Kente Cloth First Grade MonkeyThird Grade Green DogThird Grade Self PortraitThird Grade African MasaiThird Grade African MasaiFourth Grade CalderFourth Grade CalderFourth Grade CalderFourth Grade CalderFourth Grade CalderFifth Grade LandscapeFifth Grade LandscapeFifth Grade LandscapeFifth Grade Landscape

Hot Wall Pockets

Finally had time to load the kiln this week – my fourth graders are dying to see their wall pockets that they began before Christmas break.  Here they are still in the kiln – too hot to handle!

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We’ll add a wire to hang them, and maybe some beads too.  Hope to send them home for Valentine’s Day!

The Scream

Fourth Grade artists are finishing up their “Scream” self-portraits in the style of Edvard Munch.  This is the first time we’ve done a Munch project, and my kiddos are loving it.  They were fascinated by Munch’s “The Scream” painting and loved mixing primary colors to create their own Expressionist backgrounds.  (Thanks to Ren at Dali’s Moustache for the lesson idea!)Munch The Scream

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Final step after painting….we added spirals and circles using a compass and ink pens to really emphasize that dizzy, crazy feeling in our paintings.  Fourth graders LOVED using the compasses!

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Love Those Sketchbooks!

Fourth and Fifth grade artists have been busy putting their art room sketchbooks together the first weeks of school.  Their sketchbooks stay in the art room and we use them in lots of different ways – note taking, brainstorming art ideas, thumbnail “thinking” sketches, and just plain doodling.

For extra inspiration, I’ve been showing both grades how to do a variety of Zentangles – they are loving them!

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