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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