Neighborhoods and Color Exploration Station!

This week we discussed neighborhoods and communities. Students created their own creative neighborhood using permanent marker and watercolor.




We also had a color exploration station! Students had an opportunity to mix and name their own color. It is hanging up in the office window. Be sure to check out the names. They are very creative! There is a mango tango, purple princess crown, pickle free green... and so many more!

An Art Bakery or a Bakery of Artists!

Today we took a look at work by Wayne Thiebaud. Students painted some awesome and very tasty looking cupcakes using primary and secondary colors. These would look amazing framed and hung in a bakery... or in the kitchen at home!

I think this says it all!

Color Mixing!

Lower Level Color Wheel


Upper Level Portrait Series

This week the lower level students worked on color wheels and mixing colors. The upper level knows their color mixing well already so they created a series of portraits.
The enthusiasm for color theory work abounds with elementary students. They are an inspiration to experiment with color!

Ipad/Iphone note:
There is an ipad/iphone color mixing app called Frogs and Fireflies. Not only is it fun for kids, but it also is a great way to practice and learn color mixing.

Primary Colors

This week we are beginning a color adventure! We started today with primary colors. Next week we will start mixing colors to create secondary colors!
Let the fun begin!

Amazing Drawings

There was so much enthusiasm for this project!
I collected small toy animals (from my son's toy bin) for students to draw profiles. Before we began I showed students pictures of the cave paintings of Lascaux off of the ipad. I was able to zoom in on images to show them more detail which was very exciting.
We talked about how you can break down a drawing into shapes to create what you are looking at. These drawings were done with such patience, skill and enthusiasm they are such a treat to look at!
Next week we are diving into color and paint!

Snowy Collage

Today students created more amazing art from our giant box of scraps!
They started by tearing scraps from an old dictionary to create an organic shape of a snow bank. Next, they used their scissors to create the geometric shapes for their house. One student created a dog house! In the upper level they started experimenting with making doors that opened!