Lots of HeART at Fayston School!

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#❤️ printing in #kindergartenart at @faystonschool

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#heartart inspired by @jgoldcrown at @faystonschool #gradesoneandtwo Thanks @cassie_stephenz for the inspiration! #elementaryart

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A whole lotta love from the @faystonschool #artroom! #gradesoneandtwo #kindergartenart #jimdinehearts @kwikstixpaint

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Gelli Print Collages by Third and Fourth Grade

LEGO Printing with Gold and Silver

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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Apple Art Inspired by Paul Cezanne's Still Life Paintings

Artists looked at examples of Paul Cezanne's still life paintings of apples and fruit bowls.

We used yoga to calm our bodies as we pretended to be apple trees. 

Then we used collage, printing and painting to explore making Apple Art.

Inspired by "The Great Wave" by Hokusai

Kindergarten artists used different texture painting tools to paint waves inspired by Japanese woodcut artist Hokusai's print "The Great Wave." Here are close ups of their wave paintings.

I'm back!

After a brief stint at Waitsfield School and a lovely February break I am now back at Fayston until the end of the school year.  Mrs. Morse will now be covering my classes at Waitsfield for the rest of the year.  

I returned from maternity leave to find many wonderful lessons completed or in progress.

First and second graders created "Stick-Start Abstract Paintings." They used sticks to print abstract designs in black acrylic, then painted the white space with liquid watercolors. 

 

Third and fourth graders learned about the color wheel and complimentary colors.

They also created Picasso face collages.

Kindergarten artists also learned about Picasso and created Picasso Portraits. 

Click here to learn more about the progression of Picasso's portraits from realistic to abstract.

First and second graders created collages inspired by Jerry Uelsmann.

Fifth and sixth graders learned about Austrian artist and architect Friedensreich Hundertwasser.  They created buildings in Hundertwasser's architectural style. 

First and second graders painted green paper in different values and textures, then used these to create tree collages.

 

Thank you to the wonderful Kindergarten class for such a warm welcome back and a fabulous Dr. Seuss hat! 

Leaf printing and leaf rubbings

Mrs. Morse lead kindergartners and first and second graders in making leaf prints and leaf rubbings. 

Printmaking by first and second graders

First and second graders used foam paper to create stamps of their houses or other buildings. We used printing ink to create prints of our stamps in multiple colors. 

 

Love love love by Kindergarten artists

Here are our heart paintings and prints by kindergarten artists for Valentine's Day.