More 3rd Grade Mexican Art!

Here are a few more colorful "bark art" pictures created by the 3rd graders at East Elementary!

2nd Grade "Zoo in the Sky"

The 2nd graders had a wonderful art time exploring the patterns in the night sky! We read the book "Zoo in the Sky" published by the National Geographic Society. We looked at a Star Chart... a map of the sky and learned about constellations. We each selected one famous constellation and drew a colorful animal in the sky... then we added stars to our constellation and then we painted shooting stars, comets, planets to create a beautiful piece of art that is "out of this world!"

First Grade Primary Colors

The first graders started out the school year learning about the primary colors. We read the book "Mouse Paint" and learned how the 3 mice found 3 jars of paint and mixed the colors to create all colors on the color wheel. After we read the story, each child created their own abstract painting using the three primary colors.

Hubble Telescope

The 2nd graders have been learning about space and patterns in the night sky. For our first art lesson we looked at pictures of space taken by the Hubble telescope. We noticed the colorful gases and beautiful formations in space! We decided the most beautiful art in the world has been recorded by the Hubble telescope. For our art lesson, we learned how to blend colors by creating a watercolor wash as we created our own fantasy space picture. While our paintings were drying we made a black frame for our picture in the shape of a telescope and decorated the border with metallic markers. These pictures are just beautiful! Come visit the 2nd grade hall to enjoy the beautiful artwork as you take a flight of fancy into outer space!

1st Grade Rainbows

The 1st graders at East Elementary school learned all about rainbows and how a PRISM makes the light bend to create a rainbow. We read " A Rainbow of My Own" by Don Freeman and we learned all the colors of the rainbow in order. We also learned about warm colors and cool colors. When creating our artwork, we used sponges to create beautiful shapes. We learned how to OVERLAP our colors to blend colors. These beautiful creations are sure to bring a smile to your face.

Kindergarten Blankets

The kindergarten children at East Elementary have had fun learning about LINE. We starting our learning adventure by reading a traditional Ute tale... Coyote Steals a Blanket. As we read we looked at the beautiful lines on different blankets. For our art project, we created our own unique blanket from construction paper. We drew thin lines and fat lines, zigzag lines and curvy lines. Then we printed lines of white circles with tempera paint. Finally, we cut straight lines on each end of our blankets to create fringe. Come check out the colorful creations!

3rd Grade Mexican Folk Art

The 3rd graders at East Elementary have been having a lot of fun getting ready for the artist in residence program coming up on October 22nd. We have been learning about Mexican folk art since the beginning of the school year. We have sketched little adobe villages, bean pots, flowers and calendar stones. We have cut beautiful Papel Picado (pierced paper) banners to hang in the halls of the school and we have also been working at creating our own colorful versions of bark painting. Each child has completed several works of art to decorate for the fiesta! We hope you will all come see the school on October 22nd to check out the colorful Mexican art!