Week of November 19th thru 22nd

We are quickly approaching the end of another month of school.  There are many different things going on at school and in the art room.

This week we began yet another project for a community event.  Zion's Bank has asked our students to participate in creating decorations for one of their giving trees.  We are making snowflakes from craft sticks.  Students were shown several designs they could copy or could create their own design.  I will the paint and glitter all of their creations.  Zion's Bank will then have us decorate their tree with the ornaments.  They have also invited our students to attend a tree lighting ceremony on December 2nd at 4:30 PM.

This is a week for ornaments.  In addition to making their craft stick ornaments, students also got the opportunity to work with clay and create their own tree ornament.  The ornaments were all made and set to dry.  They will then be fired in the kiln and students when students return after the break they will be painting them.

All of the students were very excited about the opportunity to work with clay.  I am excited to see their final results.

Week of November 12th thru 15th

This week brought with it the end of the first trimester.  Hard to believe we have already finished 1/3 of the school year.

This week students began the week by creating paper snowflakes.  We were asked by Fresh Market if our art students would be willing to help create snowflakes that they could use in decorating their store for the holidays.  The students were very excited for the opportunity.  They quickly made many different and unique snowflakes.

The end of the week students were given a free class period to complete any projects they were missing or hadn't turned in.

Final grades will be submitted on Friday, and report cards should come out in a about a week.

End of October thru November 8th

We've had a few very busy weeks at school and in the art room.  If you ask the students I imagine they would tell you their favorite class time so far has been our Halloween pumpkin carving day.  I really enjoy letting them be creative and seeing how they work together to create their own jack-o-lanterns. 

Our art vocabulary project for the end of October was symmetry.  Students created a symmetrical Halloween or other picture using two different sized papers.  Some of them really got into the project and created very elaborate pieces.

This week we began the week by working on pieces for the hallway display.  Our school focus in November is being grateful/thankful and all of the art students worked to create the feathers for a very large Thanksgiving turkey that is in our display cabinet.  There are nearly 500 individual hands cut out and displayed, each with a thankful thought or idea.  This display coordinates with the grateful box and the slips of paper students are filling our each day at school.

At the end of the week, we combined oil pastel and tempera paint to create an autumn tree painting.  With the addition of blowing at the paint through a straw to create a different texture these paintings turned out really neat. 

I love that the kids are always so excited to come to art class!  I enjoy being with them and seeing how hard they can work and what they can create.  Next week is the end of the trimester.  Please check with your child to make sure they are not missing any assignments.

To end this post, here are some pictures of the Halloween pumpkins: