Third Grade Cat Mummies

 We are studying ancient Egyptian art in Third Grade. Students are wrapping cardboard rolls with masking tape like a mummy, then painting with metallic paints and drawing on cat features with sharpies. Cats were considered sacred in ancient Egypt and were often mummified.

Glue Landscapes

Fourth graders drew landscapes in glue. When they dry, each section will be filled in with a different design using chalk pastels.

4th grade folkart landscapes inspired by Grant Wood

 Fourth graders explored patterns and motifs in this very geometric, watercolor resist landscape project.

So colorful!

Michelangelo Sistine Chapel Ceiling Drawings--First Grade

After a study of Renaissance sculptor and painter Michelangelo, the kids got a first hand experience of what his job at the Sistine Chapel may have been like! We taped our paper under the tables and lay on our backs to draw pictures!

Jackson Pollock Cats--2nd grade

 Second graders chose their own color combinations and made abstract paintings by rolling marbles through the paint in a box lid.

 We explored positive and negative space by cutting a cat shape out and mounting the negative space on construction paper. This idea was inspired by the book "Vincent VanGogh's Cat." But ours are Jackson Pollock Cats!

Me at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC, with a REAL Jackson Pollock (Autumn Rhythm)! It was HUGE!

Kindergarten Cave Art Petroglyphs

 Kindergarten artists sketched out cave art symbols and prehistoric animals on scrap paper before making pretend "stones" out of Crayola model magic and then carving their designs into the "rocks" with plastic sticks.

 Next they painted their petroglyphs with earth tone water colors.

Third Grade Cave Art Centers

We love dress down day!

 It's always fun to see the kids' personalities in their outfit choices on dress day! What a great color combo here with the poison green, black and the red shoes!

  "Glitter is my favorite color" shirt made me laugh!

Ozzie Owl!

Experiments in Abstract Expressionism by 2nd Grade

 After an artist study of Jackson Pollock, students each selected an emotion to express in an abstract artwork. They were given access to all the media and supplies I had to offer, but had to plan out their projects in advance, including what types of lines, shapes and colors they would use, and how those elements expressed their assigned emotion. I am so proud of the results!