One Point Perspective Surreal Scapes

The 8th graders studied Surrealistic Art and the techniques of creating three-dimensional shapes with one-point perspective. Using colored pencil, they created surrealistic landscapes with shapes floating in a background of their design.

Colorful Succulent Drawings

As part of their Still Life Drawing Unit, the 7th graders sketched and drew succulent plants. First they drew timed blind contour pencil drawings and then detailed pencil sketches. Finally they drew the plants and colored them with sharpies adding patterns to the pots and table.

Greek Narrative Vases on Paper

This year the 5th graders made 2-D Greek vases on terracotta and bisque shaded cardstock. They drew narrative scenes on their vases with themes and colors similar to traditional Greek vases. The students drew scenes from everyday Greek life, War, Gods and Goddesses, Olympics and Mythology. The scenes are framed by typical Greek patterns and motifs.

Fall Tree Landscapes

The first graders created stunning Fall Tree Landscapes while learning about the “horizon line” as a follow up to a lesson on horizontal and vertical. They drew a horizon line and then painted the sky and grass. In the next class, the students drew“Y”s for tree trunks and then painted tree leaves in Fall shades.

Leaf Rubbing Watercolors and Craypas Leaf Drawings

The Second graders looked at Fall Leaves in the Art Studio. They created leaf impressions by rubbing crayon on paper with the leaves underneath. Then they painted with watercolor and discovered the crayon wax resisting the paint. Finally, they observed a leaf, drew it with craypas and glued it onto their composition.

Big Apples

As part of the Kindergarten Art room Primary Color Unit and the Kindergarten Classroom Apple Unit, the Kindergarteners painted all shades of red apples. They mixed red, pink, reddish orange, and purplish red paint on giant apple shape papers.  Then they had the opportunity to create textures with various tools and to add tissue paper, stems or leaves.

Self-Portrait Mural

As a kick-off project for the opening of the school year, each student created their own self portrait. Each grade used an age appropriate medium from markers to craypas and drawing pencils to draw their likeness. The squares were pieced together into quilt like murals.