The first grader's in Mrs. Percival's class created unique artwork in the style of Piet Mondrian's "Broadway Boogie Woogie!" We first looked at Mondrian's artwork and the students listed the interesting things they noticed about it. We started with lines, squares and rectangles, then added the colors red, yellow, blue and white. We talked about vertical and horizontal lines. Each child created their own unique interpretation with strips of red, yellow and blue paper.
The trail in this map is leading back to school! Last spring the 2nd grade students created these beautiful aboriginal "bark paintings" depicting a life journey. This year in art we are going to travel "Around the World in 180 Days" in the style of the famous Jules Verne novel. We will visit every continent as we teach geography and cultural art from around the world. As part of the Beverley Taylor Sorenson Arts Learning Program (BTS ALP) Your child's classroom teacher and I will be teaching side-by-side to create a truly unique art experience for your child. Come join us on this wonderful adventure!
Each 3rd grader created a large watercolor picture of a polynesian scene to decorate the gym for the artist in residence program. These pictures were all different and they were all beautiful. The students learned how to block in the picture, create watercolor washes and draw palm trees.
This was one of my favorite projects for the school year. We studied the moon cycle and learned to add shading using different patterns. As our final project we created this beautiful moonscape using pastel chalks. Each student used line patterns and choices of color. The final step was to add a moon in one of the phases we had recently learned.
