Look what we learned today!

We are kicking off our school year with color!  Classes are reviewing the basics like primaries and secondaries, warms and cools.  Older students are taking it one step further by learning about tertiary colors, analogous colors and monochromatic color schemes.  We are also discussing another element of art called value (lights and darks) Students discussed tints and shades and are learning how to mix and blend their own as well as create a gradient.

 It's hard to squeeze in all that information, demonstration, and still have time to paint.  So instead of painting during this meeting we practiced our new routine of writing down something we learned.  Students then posted their responses by grade level.

Welcome back Garfield!!

I was so excited to hang up the large banners students painted at the end of last year!  They really brighten up our wall at the start of the school year. There's one on floors 1, 2, and 3 and one in each cafeteria.

Excited for a great year in the art room!

I'm super excited about kicking off this school year.  I've been busy rainbowtizing our classroom! Our tables have brand new rainbow colored caddies, I picked up some beautiful rainbow erasers at my favorite spot (the dollar store!)  and my rules wall got a primary color makeover!

Even my free draw area got a little face lift!  These mini rainbow caddies match the larger ones at their tables- so it's easier for everyone to find and take care of their supplies.

My free draw bookcase was in pretty sad shape, but a little spray paint really brought it back to life!  Want to add to our free draw stash?  I'm always looking for more how to draw books, art games (pictionary jr would be great), stencils or dry erase boards to add to our collection!

Roll a monster

I like to end our school year with silly fun drawing projects.  Kindergarten did these roll a monster drawings.  Using the dice and a handout they created their own creatures!

Popscicles

I needed some help testing out markers at the end of the year, so these 1st graders helped me by tracing and overlapping Popsicle sticks on their paper and filling in the resulting shapes.

Wild Things

First Graders read the story Where The Wild Things Are.  We were then inspired to design our own wild things.  Students also drew visual textures on their creatures and added even more texture with texture plates under their work while coloring!

Line Sculptures

Kinders have talked a lot about lines this year.  Students reviewed the different lines we learned about and then created them in three dimensions!