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: