Gustav Klimt's Tree of Life

Fifth and sixth graders looked at Gustav Klimt's painting "Tree of Life."
Click here to learn about the meaning of this piece of artwork.

Zentangles!

Third and fourth grade artists discovered the joy of Zentangles. We created Zentangle landscapes for our Original Works fundraiser. We began the lesson by discussing what Zen means and how we can apply it to our artwork. I hope we can carry this focus and attention to detail with us as we work on other projects. I made photocopies of the Zentangles before we colored them to put in our pattern page drawer for free choice time.

Day of the Dead Skulls

Fifth and sixth graders learned about el Dia de Los Muertos, the Day of the Dead, celebrated on November 1st and 2nd in Mexico and other parts of Latin America. One of the traditions of this holiday is to decorate candy sugar skulls to display on altars dedicated to loved ones who have passed.

Wild animals for Original Works Fundraiser

Fifth and sixth graders chose to draw wild animals for their Original Works fundraiser artwork. We discussed color and composition as we planned for successful pieces of artwork.

Self Portraits

Self portraits by artists in grades 3-6

Inspired by Miroco Machiko

Thank you to Mrs. Knight's Smartest Artists for the introduction to Miroco Machiko.  I love her bold, stylized artwork.  The students can really relate to her sense of design and colorful images.  We looked at her picture of vegetables, then used crayon and watercolor resist to create fruit and vegetable pictures.

Here is artwork inspired by Miroco Machiko by first and second graders. This is the piece of artwork that artists in grades one and two will use for their Original Works fundraiser.