Pumpkin Patches

Geometric Shape Paintings

Kindergarten Starry Night Cityscapes

Kindergarten students have learned a lot about lines so far this year. We are now moving into learning about shapes and how artists use them in their artwork. To begin this lesson, we looked at van Gogh's Starry Night and then painted our own spirals and broken lines in our sky. The next week we used black paper to cut shapes for buildings and colorful paper to make windows and doors. Students were able to practice their newly learned painting skills and their "dot, dot, not a lot!" glueing skills.

Third Grade Aboriginal Bark Paintings

Students in third grade viewed and discussed Artwork by the Aboriginal people of Australia. We used their work to inspire our bark paintings. To begin with, thanks to Harris Teeter for donating the bags for this project! We used brown grocery bags and tore around the edges to get an organic shape. We then chose an animal to feature in the center of the "bark". Students chose 4 aboriginal symbols to add to their picture, trying to tell a short story with the symbols. We then completed these by adding repeated paths of dots in a variety of colors around the designs. I am truly wowed by how awesome these turned out! Great work third grade!

2nd Grade Aboriginal Hands

Second Grade artists viewed and discussed the work of Aboriginal Artists in Australia. Students cut and glued three hands to black paper and added interesting line designs and Aboriginal symbols to the hands. The second week student began to make repeated paths of paint dots to recreate an aboriginal painting. This was my first time teaching this lesson, it developed over the weeks, but will be much better the next time I teach it! I love the colors of paint on the black paper, but would like to change the way the students design their hands in the future.

Kindergarten The Dot

In Kindergarten art, we are exploring different ways to add paint to our pictures. On day one of this project, students trace 6 different size "dots" on their paper and practice drawing a different line design in each. Students learn how to paint with their paintbrushes and paint with 6 different colors. The following week we read the story, "The Dot", and connect with the idea that Vashti could make all different dots with lots of different colors. Student then stamp dots of a variety of sizes to their painting with found objects. We use sticks, cups, toilet paper rolls, wooden blocks and marker caps. Student loved being able to use different things to create art that we wouldn't normally use! These are one of my favorite Kinder projects! They are so fun and expressive, all with DOTS!

First Grade Cityscapes

First grade students used a variety of Geometric shapes to "build" their drawn city. Most was colored with crayon and paint added to the background.

Fifth Grade Crazy Guitars

Students in fifth grade looked at the work of Picasso and cubism and compared it with more realistic works of art. We also noticed that Picasso was often influenced by music and it showed in his work. Students designed their own crazy guitar, in which things could be seen from different points of view or made into shapes you would not normally see a guitar in. Students could choose their materials to color this project. We created a black and white weaving and splatter painted over it for the background. These are by far the craziest and most amazing pieces to come out of the art room this year! Completely original and creative!