Kindergarten Watercolor Paint and Crayon Guided Discovery

A campsite with a tent- Evan

Dots around a big movie screen with a scary pirate movie- Lucy

A rocket ship blasting off to space- Tim

A monster truck- Evan

A flower- Mae

Star Wars- Quinn

Outer Space- James

James the Train Engine- Ben

Self Portraits by First and Second Graders

Pre-K "Shrinky-Dink" butterflies

The Pre-K class is studying bugs and butterflies.  We made butterflies using shrink film and Crayola Gel markers. I baked them in the oven at 325 for 3 minutes.  They got a little bendy- it looks like the butterflies are flying.  Next time I might sandwich the pieces between two sheets if parchment paper.  The preschoolers loved using these new materials and they will be so excited to see their finished, shrunken butterflies!  

Fifth and Sixth Grade Self Portraits

Kindergartners Explore!

To begin the year with the Kindergarten classes, I like to make sure the young artists have a complete understanding of the most basic art materials.  We practice care and clean up and explore the different ways to use the materials.  This helps students to become familiar with each of the tools before they are inundated with other directions.  We set up crayons, markers, colored pencils and oil pastels on four different tables.  I also included some stencils and pattern rubbing plates.  We rotated through the fours stations so that each artist had a chance to explore all of the tools.  Kindergarten artists were extremely productive and creative and definitely enjoyed the chance to draw whatever they wanted.

CRAYONS!

COLORED PENCILS!

OIL PASTELS!

MARKERS!