Day of the Dead Sugar Skulls

The Day of the Dead is NOT "Mexican Halloween," even though these two holidays fall on similar dates.  It is a time for remembering and celebrating loved ones who have passed.  Click here to read more about the Days of the Dead.  

One tradition during this holiday is to display carefully decorated sugar skulls.  First and second graders looked at many examples of these sugar skulls then created their own.  

Spooky Spiderwebs with Glue and Chalk Pastel

Kindergarten Photo Project

Kindergarten artists shared the photos that they edited and looked for similarities and differences between their original photos and the edited versions.

Peter Max... Color and Creativity!

Kindergarten Photography Project

Kindergartners used our new iPads to take pictures around our school.  They used viewfinders to scout out their shots.  We looked for examples of patterns and textures, close up and far away objects and looking up and looking down.  

Fifth and sixth grade self portraits

Henri Rousseau Jungle Pictures

Third and fourth grade artists learned about self-taught artist Henri Rousseau.  We looked at many of his famous jungle paintings, most of which were made from his observations at the Paris Botanical Garden and from library books.  

In order to help plan our original jungle compositions, we used the NGAkids Jungle Interactive online game.