Celebrating Art winners!

Congratulations to the students chosen to be published in the "Celebrating Art" book for next year.  Two Green Eggs and Ham were chosen!! The judges must like Dr. Seuss :)
Christian's Green Eggs and Ham

 Jadore's cityscape

 Jalaya's Green Eggs and Ham

 Shamiya's Peacock

Apology

There are many beautiful works of art that I have not gotten a chance to share on our blog, such as Cody's bird. I will get around to it before the end of the year! Thank you for your patience.

Op Art! Art that tricks the eye (optical=eye)

8th graders made this lumpy, bumpy, moving art that looks like it is coming off the paper! What does it remind you of?
Artwork by Lenisha

Artwork by No-Name? (save me the trouble of memorizing everyone's artwork and write your name on the front!It has been a struggle to break the habit of writing our names on the back of artwork. Every art teacher has their own preference and I prefer the FRONT :-) Be proud, show off your signature)
Artwork by Darrion
Artwork by Cydney
Artwork by Malyn

Dr. Suess's Green Eggs

On Dr. Seuss' B-day, the Kindergarteners made green eggs and ham..., but they sure do resemble goofy faces!!
Artwork by Christian

Artwork by Jalaya

Zen-tangled Hearts

After giving them a worksheet with a variety of "Zen-tangle" ideas, the 7th and 8th graders amazed me with their tangling skills!
Artwork by Linda

Artwork by Shaquanna
Artwork by Rashawn (I rescued this from the trash. He thought it was a mess-up! I love the Heart/Apple idea.)
Artwork by Khalil...I think? Name on front please!


Artwork by Cydney

Artwork by Sydni

A very pretty way to recycle your old CDs...

For our ISAT pep rally, the cheerleaders got us psyched for testing with their "Rock the ISAT" cheer.

Artwork by Cristina
Artwork by Aaryn and Malyn
Artwork by Janiyah and Ladonna

Safari Portraits

Not only are our safari animals painted with NEON (bright) paints, they are also listening to music!! How many animals have you seen listening to their i-Pod?
Artwork by Trezher
Artwork by Deshaun

Artwork by Amaya
Artwork by Allen
Artwork by Tyshay

Drum Rollll...Diversity

While learning how to overlap, 7th and 8th graders made some very "Handsome Art" embracing Diversity.
Artwork by Lecharles, Kevin, Darrion, Kaelah, Kyana
Shontrell, Linda and Shaquanna related Diversity to their own friendship.



Also in celebration of Black History Month, Kindergarten practiced drawing straight lines and geometric shapes while designing their African drum.
Artwork by Jalaya
Artwork by Darrion
Artwork by Caris
Artwork by Myesha

Cityscape vs. Landscape

Can you point out which of the art below is a landscape or a cityscape? What are the difference you notice between the 3/4 graders CITYscapes and LANDscapes?
Artwork by Jeremiah
Artwork by Michah

Artwork by CodyArtwork by Timothy

Artwork by Erin

Cityscape Up Close

Today the whole school went on a trip downtown! Here were the cityscape art the primary classes did earlier in the school year. They used chalk pastels and smeared over a stencil to create the smoky look.

What's your "Point of View"

3rd and 4th graders made snowmen from two points of view, a bird's and a worm's. "Bird's point-of-view" is what a snowman might look from above. "Worm's point of view" is what a snowman might look from the ground below looking up.

If you click on the image of the bulletin board below, you can see examples of a city from the two different point's of view. Can you think of what "Point-of-view" means when you are in Writing class? What does is mean when something is written in 1st person "point-of-view" compared to 2nd or 3rd person "point-of-view"??

Artwork by Daniel, Xavier and ____
Artwork by Michael and John
Artwork by Devona
Artwork by Malik B

Still Lifes of the Season

The 3rd and the 4th graders practiced their observation skills while drawing seasonal objects. We learned that a "still life" is when an artist draws something that stays STILL. Long ago, the most common still life was fruit and flowers which can be seen as alive/ "life". Today, it refers to anything an artist draws by OBSERVING!

(More artwork to be posted) Erin and Maximus chose to label their drawings which I thought was an nontraditional, but cool technique.

Artwork by Maximus

Artwork by Erin