Week of January 22nd thru 25th

This week students got to work on another fun winter project.  They each created a landscape painting of trees.  First they created their trees by ripping painters tape and placing it on their paper.  Once they had created their grouping of trees they were then allowed to paint over the taped trees to create a background.  They were instructed to create a horizion line behind their trees and to use the other elements we have learned so far this year to create their landscape.  They were allowed to create any type of sky they wanted, meaning they could choose to do a sunset, sunrise, or night sky.  They were asked to include shadows from their trees as well as value elements to show highlights.  Once the paintings were dry they then removed the painters tape and were left with white voids for their trees.  They completed the landscapes by adding in texture and other details on their trees.  There were several students that completed their project this week, but many others will have time next week to finish.

Week of January 15th thru 18th

This week has been spent learing about the art element, "value".  In doing this students completed a project where they each drew a snowman using value to show the light and the shaded side of the snowman.  These were a lot of fun and turned out great.

Week of January 8th - 11th

This week has been lots of fun in the art room.  We have been busy getting back into a normal routine and doing a winter art project.  I talked to the students this week about the art of quilling paper and how individual quills are used to create projects.  This turned into more discussion about other forms of paper art and how quilling or shapping paper can create art. 

Students this week worked to create a quilled paper snowflake.  There were actually 3 paper options given to them.  The first was creating paper quills and then making a snowflake by gluing the individual quills together.  The second was a combination of paper folding and quilling.  The thrid was a paper weave project that also created a snowflake.  Students were allowed to choose from the three designs and create their own snowflake. 

I am impressed with the detail many of students put into creating their snowflake and am happy with each and every one of them.  I think it is fun for the students to look at all of the snowflakes as they are hung together and really notice how even though they all followed similar patterns every one of them is unique and different in just a little way. 

We have displayed some of the snowflakes in the front lobby art case, others in the classroom, and even more in the hallway.  If you get a chance to be in the building check out the great art your students are creating.