Artist of the Month

Head on over to the Artist of the Month page, the November artist is up! ~Ms. Carney

Harvest Corn Drawing - Kindergarten!

We've been practicing the lines and shapes we've learned about in Kindergarten by learning how we can make pictures of other things by putting all these shapes and lines together! Since November is already upon us, I thought it would be nice to create a picture of a lovely colorful corn stalk!

Like our Wobbly Birds, we discussed what other colors we could use for the sky instead of blue. This class chose purple and light turquoise!

Wobbly Birds - Kindergarten!

This is our first drawing project in Kindergarten! We used all the shapes and lines we've been learning about to create a picture of some silly-looking, wobbly birds!

We also learned that skies dont always have to be blue! For this picture, we made our sky look like a sunset with orange and yellow!

Statues of Liberty Collage - 4th Grade

Our 4th graders made some patriotic artwork too! We created pictures of the Statue of Liberty with torn pieces of paper we found in magazines! First, we sketched out the shape of the statue, then we got to work finding all of the colors we would need to fill in the statue. We learned about collaging and how its better to tear the paper, than to cut it.

At the very end, we outlined the statue with a black oil pastel to add some extra definition.

Drawing with Scissors - 4th grade!

In 4th grade, we talked about Henri Matisse and how he used collage techniques and scissors to cut out different shapes to create a piece of art! My students really loved the idea of getting to be spontaneous with lots of different and unique papers and a pair of scissors!

This one is awesome because this student made theirs into a low-relief paper sculpture and it turned out great!!!!

I had a decent collection of old scrapbook papers of some that I had gathered myself and some I was able to get from the Center for Recycled Art Teacher Warehouse. They have a sale once a month for educators to come and explore all of their recycled materials. Each paper bag full is only $5! Whatever you can get in the paper bag, you get for just $5! It was a really great experience and I cant wait until the next sale!

Figure Drawing Pilgrims!! - 1st Grade

November is here! and that means cooler weather (hopefully!) and the wonderful Thanksgiving holiday is upon us. I like to use this wonderful opportunity to introduce figure drawing to my 1st graders and teach them a little bit of history too!

We always draw a boy pilgrim and a girl pilgrim so we can discuss the different clothing styles from back then compared to the ones of today! This is a super fun drawing project that our 1st graders always enjoy!

Patriotic Line Art - 3rd Grade

Our first project this year in 3rd grade went along with our school's patriotic theme for the year! We learned about different types of lines and how repetitive lines can really add interest and a cool 3D effect to our artwork!

This one's not quite finished, but I can already tell its going to look awesome!!!