New Radial Symmery Patterns

  For the 3rd year we are designing patterns using line, shape, and color to create symmetry.  The first to fifth graders all tried different patterns.  This is one of my favorite projects.  We use the patterns for a fundraiser to return art to the students, so whatever money is made is awarded students for staying on-course and amazing effort in art.

Glowing Bugs

  In exploring new art materials, the 4th graders

drew bugs with 3 body sections: head, abdomen, and thorax, and added wings or antenna.  Then the students painted patterns on butterflies, wings, and bodies with fluorescent paint.  These bugs are on display under a black light.

Scarecrows

In Art Smarts before school, we talked about why farmers used scarecrows.  We drew and collaged clothing on the scarecrows and added fringes of straw.

Radial Symmetry for Jewelry Magnets

  This is the 3rd year that PRE has designed symmetrical circle designs for jewelry magnets on Artsonia.  Artsonia is a website that I can upload art to and is displayed on the web.  Parents and family can purchase student art if they want on objects that Artsonia sell.  One of the objects for sale are magnets that fit in magnetic jewelry, so we design the circle magnets to put in the jewelry.  We will be participating in this fundraiser again.  I use the money earned on the fundraiser to reward students that are always on-course in art class.  See us on the web.

5th graders Draw Still LIfe and Break the Rules

  To show we know the still life rules, we drew a still life.  The rules for still life are all objects fit on the table in front of us, we overlap 2 or 3 objects that must be still, and  we drew the details of what we see.  To break the rules, we added a person or animal that could move, we drew something bigger than the table as a background, or we added a landscape as the background.

Advertisements

How do graphic designers plan to sell us candy bars and cereal?  We practiced being a graphic designer by creating our own candy bar wrapper or cereal box.  Then we wrote and recorded the advertisement.  Last we listened to all our advertisements.  Next year, we will score the advertisements and explain how and why they sold us on the candy bar or cereal.

Drawing and Painting self-portraits

Our first art standard is using different art materials responsibly, and a variety of materials, so Kindergarten and 1st grade used crayons and tempera paint, and oil pastel and colorful tempera to make faces.  The first project used normal "skin colors."  The second drawing was with fun, colorful faces.  We continued this drawing by faces that were symmetrical on jewelry design.

PK use glue to make lines

While exploring new art materials, the PK have created lines with marker, oil pastel, and crayon.  Now they made glue lines and added glitter on top.

Formal and Informal Language while Skydiving

4th graders discussed when and where to use formal and informal language.  For fun, we used formal and informal language examples while skydiving.  The students were able to write formal to more, and more informal language examples by changing period to an exclamation or making letters all caps for yelling.  We took photos of our faces and became skydivers.

Door Decorating Contest for Family Night

We needed to decorate as a "blockbuster" movie.  I made a big pumpkin on the outside, and sincere pumpkins on the inside.  K helped to make jack-o-lanterns on the inside of the door.