Thursday, December 11, 2014



I have started  our next artist Henri Matisse!!!!!!
k-clay owls
1-pinch pots
2-mobiles
3-relief sculpture
4-gyotaku
5-clay vases
will share when they are complete

Art Gallery & Sale Kindergarten - 5th Grade

Last Saturday we had the annual Art Gallery & Sale at my school.  Parents can come and purchase their child's  art work matted for $10 or framed for $20.  I have a group of volunteer teachers that frame the artwork at the event for the parents.  Over the years it has generated thousands of dollars that we use for Arts Integration activities like maintaining our Kennedy Center membership and host many visiting artists.  This years theme was Paul Cezanne.  The students studied his work and we created various projects based on what we learned about him.  Please see some of my favorites from the show below.  All of the works are collages meaning the process of creating these works took many weeks(many layers) and many steps to complete.  In the end, I think the art work came out beautiful.  I'm so lucky to have such talented students!!!

Kindergarten apples

Kindergarten apples:
Watercolor, sharpies, construction paper and oil pastels

They drew 2 walls and a floor and created patterns on them and then created the apples, bowl and table separately.

















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Kindergarten grade Cezanne apples













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1st grade Cezanne apples

First Grade apples:

decorative papers, oil pastel watercolor, construction paper, and  sharpies.

I know more apples.....
But here they created a wallpaper wall and panels in the background using decorative paper strips.  Then created the apples, bowl and table separately.















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1st grade Cezanne apples
















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2nd grade Cezanne pears

Second Grade Pears:
tempera paints, colored pencils, watercolor, construction paper, and sharpies

Students drew 2 walls and a floor and then they painted one coat of paint a different color on each wall and floor.  We let them dry and then the following week we added another coat of paint on top but a whole different color and then took cotton swabs and removed some of the top layer in a pattern to create a pattern design.

They drew the pears with colored pencils and then painted with watercolor on top of their drawings.  Finally they created the bowl and table separately.
















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3rd grade Cezanne still life

Third Grade Still Life:

colored pencil, watercolor, construction paper.

We used the National Gallery of Art kids website still life maker to choose our still life objects.  The kids voted on what they wanted to draw from the selection of objects.  Then they drew with pencils, added color with colored pencil and painted on top of their drawings with watercolor.

I thought an open door to a landscape of their choice would be a fun addition to this still life.  We drew the door open and then they created the wallpaper and landscape using colored pencil and watercolor paints.














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3rd grade Cezanne still life










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4th grade Cezanne still life

Fourth Grade Still Life:

colored pencils, watercolor and construction paper

We also used the NGAkids website still life maker for the objects in this still life.  The fourth graders had to drew a large picture window witha landscape of their choice behind their still life.













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4th grade Cezanne inspired still life













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5th grade still life projects

Fifth Grade Still Life:

watercolor paints, colored pencils, construction paper

We drew an open window with a selection of flowering potted plants.  They were given many resources of flower ideas.  We drew the pots from a Cezanne still life painting.  They created their own landscapes in the background.
















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5th gr Cezanne inspired still life













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Tuesday, September 30, 2014

Epic Violinist Kaitlyn Hova: Auditory Synesthesia - YouTube

Some believe that Kandi sky had synesthesia. To demonstrate what that is like I showed this amazing video to all of my students. They loved it!
http://m.youtube.com/watch?
v=dI4DpHnbX_Q



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Fifth grade Kandinsky Inspired Tree Sculptures
Students covered card stock with phone book pages then painted with watercolors on top.  Then on a separate sheet they painted concentric circles using tempera paint being mindful of color choice.  Finally they cut out all of the parts, put it together and created a stand.
Fourth grade Kandinsky Inspired Mobiles
Students created concentric circles out of construction paper.  They created designs with oil pastels on both sides of their circles.  Then they found a stick outside and used string to create the mobile.
Third grade Kandinsky Inspired Gardens
Students first painted the background with watercolor paints.  On a separate sheet of paper they used tempera paint to make the circles.  They cut out the circles and used green construction paper with oil pastels to create the textured stems. Finally they used white oil pastel to create wispy clouds in the sky.
Second grade Kandinsky inspired landscapes
Students first painted the background with three different stripes of watercolor to simulate land forms.  Next they used bottle caps dipped in white paint and stamped bubbles onto the landscape.  Then they created concentric circles out of construction paper and added oil pastel designs on top of the circles.
First grade Kandinsky Inspired trees
First students drew oil pastel patterns and painted over the patterns with watercolor paints.  They were asked to paint at least three patterns and different areas of color.  Then they created a tree out of back construction paper.  They created circles out of construction paper and used oil pastels to create designs on the circles.
Kindergarten Kandinsky Inspired Circle Collages
Students folded their paper in four.  They traced plastic lids onto construction paper to assist in the circle making.  They glued together circles and then drew oil pastel designs on top.  They also drew patterns of different kinds of lines on the black paper background.