Kindergarten: Primary Color Mixing

Over the past few weeks in art class, Kindergartners have been learning all about the primary colors and what makes them so special.

First we did a demonstration, where colored water (red, yellow, and blue) were poured into cups to see what colors they would turn into.  This demonstration was met with a lot of oohs and ahhs.

Then students practiced color mixing on their own.  They were given red, yellow, and blue binger daubers and they had to make gum balls of all different colors.  By overlapping the colors, they could get secondary colors. 

This week, we needed to start painting our orange and green backgrounds so we can make our pumpkins in the grass project next week but Mrs. Saca ran out of orange and green paint (wink, wink).  So the students had to figure out what colors to mix to make their own orange and green paint.  We got a little bit messy mixing up all of these colors, but we got our papers painted!  We are ready to start making some pumpkins next week!

Things your child learned:

-what colors are primary colors (red, yellow, blue)

-why primary colors are special:
1. you can't make primary colors 
2. from primary colors you can make other colors

-what colors mix to make orange, green, and purple

This might be a fun quiz to give them at the dinner table one night to see how much they can remember!

Dots, Dots, Dots

You would think we were celebrating the illustrator Peter Reynolds, International Dot Day, but we aren't.  3rd graders are getting their backgrounds prepared for a Dia De Los Muertos project.  More pics to come as we get further along. 

It's Getting Spooky in the Art Room

2nd Graders are half-way done with their "Witches and Broomsticks" project.

During the first class period they created the painted and textured backgrounds by dragging plastic texturing tools through the paint.  It's really helping give their artworks a haunting texture.

Today, students painted spider webs and started work on their witches.

We have a lot more work to do until these are completed but I can already tell that they are going to look SPECTACULAR when they are done!

Well, This Just Looks Like Fun....

At Willow Glen Community Center:  September's Neighbor Night event: Color Fest! 

This Friday, September 14th (6:30-8:30)

They will be featuring a color run, slime bar, arts & crafts, and more! Below are the color run times by age group:

Ages 3-5: 6:30pm
Ages 6-8: 6:50pm 
Ages 9+: 7:10pm 

Color Run will take place at the Lincoln Glen Park. 
Parents are welcome to join their children during the run! 

Don't forget to wear all white for the color run! 

6th and 7th Grade Enrichment: 1st Trimester

This year and this trimester for enrichment classes, the 6th and 7th graders are working on projects that will be for our own close-knit community. 

Soon, we will have a small station set up in the front office with small items for anyone that needs them. 

We all have moments or events in our lives where we just need to be reminded that people care. 
We all have moments in our lives when we worry, about our well-being or the well-being of others.  Sometimes we get sick.  Sometimes our family members get sick. 
Sometimes we just need something to physically hold on to, a prayer to read, or something to calm our own anxieties.
This is what this station is about. 

In a month or two, there will be an area to pick up items (free) to keep for yourself or to give to someone that needs it. 

Some of these items include:

-Worry Dolls:

-Guardian Angel Pins:

-Glass cross necklaces:

-Prayer cards:

-Clinging crosses:

Unfinished cross:  Glaze still needs to be added

More information to come.  The students have a lot more work to do but as we are done, we will get the station up and running!!!

Under the Sea....with 1st Grade!

I don't want these projects to leave my room!  There was so much joy in creating these adorable masterpieces and it brings me so much happiness to see them all drying on the tables side-by-side.  I have a feeling these will be treasured at home as well. 

Students had a wonderful time working with modeling clay to make these Under the Sea treasures!

Kindergarten: Lines And Colors And Portraits

Kindergartners have been working hard these past few weeks in Art class and we've learned a lot!

Kinders have learned about different types of lines:  dotted, straight, wavy, curly, and zig-zag.

They have learned the colors of the rainbow.


And...

They have learned how to draw "non-stick" figures.

All of these components were merged into one project and voila...

7th Grade 2-point Perspective Cities

Once the 7th grades got rolling on these, they just took off!!!  There really is a rhythm to 2-point perspective and you could tell by the end of the class, that most students really found it.  Beautiful and detailed work, 7th grade!

4th Grade Cacti and Scratchboard Bowls

Scratchboard was a new material for the 4th graders to use.  It was a struggle knowing that they could not erase once a mark was made on the scratchboard.  We did figure out some creative solutions to fix mistakes though. 

The cacti were done with sharpie and watercolor.  They turned out beautifully!

3rd Grade Has Been BzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzY..........

Today we completed our honeycomb and bee project.  It required repeating the honeycomb pattern and doing an observational drawing of a bee. 

2nd Grade Clay Portraits

How can you not smile when looking at these adorable portraits?  They are made completely out of modeling clay. 

Great job, 2nd Graders!!!!!!!!  

One Excited and Impressed Art Teacher

All I've got to say is that I am one excited Art teacher!!!  We aren't even through the entire first full week of school yet but I am so impressed with the work the students are already producing! 

I promise you....pics are coming!!!  Stay tuned!  

Here's a few cropped pics of projects that we are starting the year out with to keep you guessing.  

1st Grade

2nd Grade

3rd Grade

 Tomorrow (Thursday) will be the first day of Art with Kindergartners in 5 years!  Really looking forward to having the littles with me again.  More pics to come.

Welcome Back!!!!

I just wanted to welcome everyone back to a brand new school year!  I have so many fun ideas for the year ahead and I can not wait to have fun and get messy with all of the kiddos.

This year, I am excited to announce that I will also be teaching Kindergarten Art.  It has been a few years but they were able to get the schedule to work and I could not be more excited to work with Kinder. again!!!

I will be continuing to work on enrichment projects with the 6th and 7th grade on our Monday Enrichment period and our focuses this year will be "school beautification" and "art for prayer" (more details to follow as we get going).

If you walk around the school, you may notice some of our projects that the enrichment students made, including all of the ceramic frames that hang on the outside of every classroom as well as the rainbow pencil fences that line the garden in the pre-school play area (visible from Woodard Road).

Those who follow the blog know that I use this blog as a way to check-in on what all the students are creating in Art class.  Please feel free to follow by email (on the right hand side of the blog).  Every time I post a new post, it will notify you by email.

I'm going to start the year with a key word/phrase hint as to what each grade will be working on:

-Kinder:  Game of cat and mouse
-1st:  Under the Sea
-2nd:  Selfies
-3rd:  Buzz
-4th:  Southwest
-5th: AHHHHHHHHHH!
-6th:  Did you just throw me some shade?
-7th: City...just get to the points
-8th:  Animal...or is it?

The Kinder-8th grade Art syllabi can be found on schoolspeak under each classroom's announcement pages.

I look forward to the year ahead and seeing all of the creative things the students come up with!!!

Summer Update #1

I hope everyone is having a wonderful summer!!!

I went into school today, not having been back since school got out, and found this letter in my mailbox.  It comes from Lucille Packard Children's Hospital.  It made my day.  So wonderful to see the good that came out of the Creative Compassion Enrichment this past year.  Here is the letter, I received: