School-wide snow collage

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#snow #collage by all grades at @faystonschool Hope you all enjoyed the return of #winter this weekend! (Your teachers are back at school, working hard)

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Kindergarten Dream Playgrounds

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We drew our dream playgrounds in #kindergartenart @faystonschool Thanks to @kwikstixpaint for the bright colors and easy clean up!

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Back to School All-School Bulletin Board

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#bulletinboard progress at @faystonschool with so many creative #flowers #ogmandino #quote #garden #elementaryart

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Kindergarten Vehicle Collage

Color Wheel Collage for Rainbow Week!

#colorwheel #collage by #faystonschool #kindergarten and #gradesoneandtwo in celebration of #rainbowweek

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Rainbow Week is a special week organized by our school chef to celebrate foods in all colors of the rainbow.  Throughout the week, students are exposed to new, colorful and delicious foods! In art class, we celebrate Rainbow Week by learning abiout the Color Wheel!

Murals Inspired by Wassily Kandinksy

First and second grade artists learned about Wassily Kandinksy and explored his artwork in several ways. Click here to see more about our work with Kandinksy.  

We worked collaboratively to create these two large murals in the style of Kandinsky's abstract expressionist work.  We used shapes and themes from his paintings and worked with warm colors first, then added cool colors. 

Monarchs and Milkweed by the Kindergarten

Paint a Playground

I love these abstract paintings by kindergarten and first and second grade artists! These large scale collaborative paintings were made in response to the prompt: "Draw the coolest playground you can imagine!" 

  

 

Harold and the Purple Crayon "Paint Along"

Kindergarten artists used purple paint on large table-sized sheets of paper to "paint along" with the classic story "Harold and the Purple Crayon" and "A Picture for Harold's Room."  They worked collaboratively to practice group work skills like sharing space and materials.
  

Collaborative Springtime Murals for Vermonte Carlo PTO Fundraiser

#flower #mural for #vermontecarlo by #faystonschool #gradesfiveandsix

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#rainyday #mural by #faystonschool #gradesoneandtwo for #vermontecarlo

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Another colorful #springtime #mural for #vermontecarlo by #faystonschool #kindergarten

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#butterfly #mural by #faystonschool #gradesthreeandfour for #vermontecarlo

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Rainbow Week!

Our Amazing School Chef has started the fun tradition of Rainbow Week at the Fayston School. Each day the school lunch is based on one color of the rainbow and students wear that color. We have been working on Rainbow week art lessons, including a collaborative Color Wheel Collage Mural and Gelli Printing.

#colorwheel #collage for #rainbowweek at #faystonschool

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#gelliprints by #faystonschool #gradesoneandtwo for #rainbowweek

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I found this fascinating infographic about the meanings of different colors around the world. Take a look!

Kindergarten Snow Scene Printed Mural

#kindergarten #snowscene #printing #artclass #faystonschool #winter

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Dot day!

Dot paintings by first and second grade artists in celebration of International Dot Day!

Did you remember to wear dots today?  These kids did! 

Kindergarten Dot Day Art Stations:

Dot stickers

Dot stampers

Dot tracing

Dot collage 

Third and fourth grade group Dot Paintings 

Dot Day is coming to Fayston School!

International Dot Day is a day to celebrate CREATIVITY, COURAGE and COLLABORATION.  During the week of September 15th, all students will create artwork inspired by the message in Peter Reynolds' book The Dot:

"Make your mark and see where it takes you!" 

And Remember... On Monday, September 15th, WEAR DOTS! 

Let's see which classroom has the most Dot Day Spirit!