Ringing in 2010

School is Back in Session!

Students enjoyed a 2 week break, including a snowy Friday on our last day of school before break. Classes are reviewing CHAMPS guidelines and classroom procedures to prepare for a successful spring semester of art.

Thanks for reading our blog. Check back soon for information regarding our recent holiday art endeavors and new projects.

Festival of Trees

Early in December, four of our 5th grade students had Holiday Card Designs on exhibit at the Festival of Trees, which is a fundraiser for the Brenner Children's Hospital.

Congratulations to Emily, Jamie, John, and Maria for their hard work and participation in this show. Their designs show how they integrated the knowledge they learned about drawing with pen and ink in order to show details and dimensions through hatching, crosshatching and stippling.

One more Group of 3rd Grade Sculptors

More 3rd Grade Paper Sculptures

Check out the fun we are having learning about two-dimensional versus three-dimensional art and using tempera paint and markers as we use art elements in our compositions!

3rd Grade Paper Sculptures

Students used tempera paint and created non-objective designs with a variety of colors, lines, and shapes. They also added another non-objective design on the back of their painting by using markers. They moved from 2-D, two-dimensional art, to 3-D, three-dimensional art, by cutting, folding, and attaching pieces of the paper to create an abstract sculpture.

What's Happening?

Kindergarten: Students in kindergarten are currently making connections with the season of fall/autumn. They are drawing shapes of leaves, with crayons, and creating a composition by overlapping leaves of fall colors. They will finished their project by painting watercolor paint over the crayon to achieve a crayon resist technique.

First Grade: In first grade, students are exploring portraiture and discussing how portraiture has changed over time by using painting, drawing, and camera techniques. Students are studying proportions of the face, sketching with chalk, and finishing portraits with tempera paint.

Second Grade: Second graders are finishing a tempera painting with a pumpkin as their subject. They review organic shapes and made connections with the current autumn season as well as holidays and celebrations of the United States. Students will finish this project with a formal critique of their work.

Third Grade: Third graders are also studying portraiture. They are beginning to explore oil pastels and their characteristics. They will add color and detail to their portraits by mixing colors and using pastel drawing techniques.

Fourth Grade: Fourth graders are starting a unit in connection with their Social Studies curriculum. They are researching cities in North Carolina in Media/Technology class and will use what they learn to create a cut-paper composition of their city. They will explore architects of the city and use information about specific buildings in the city to add distinguishing details to their city's silhouette and skyline. They may choose to use tissue paper to lay over colors to create the affect of fading colors in the distance. They will add some textures and details in the foreground with markers.

Fifth Grade: Students in fifth grade are beginning a unit with biomes. They are studying biomes in Science and researching images of biomes in Media/Technology class. They must use what they learned to create their own pastel drawing of a biome or ecosystem. To help students focus their project, they are using a "raft," which is an outline or graphic organizer that presents students with a choice of three roles: famous artist, travel agent, and animal. They must draw from the perspective of their role, for a particular audience, and satisfy a topic that relates to their role.

Dixie Classic Fair

The Dixie Classic Fair Exhibit was a Huge Success!

Congratulations to the School Winners:

Marlen, 4th Grade:

1st Place

Dianah, 5th Grade: 2nd Place

Lesli, 2nd Grade:

3rd Place

Congratulations to the following students who had artwork in the Dixie Classic Fair School Art Exhibit:

Kindergarten
Luis R

Sofia R

Chance L
Juan Diego M

First Grade
Josiah H

Nellye S
Larry C
Javier L

Latoya W

Second Grade
Daniel S
Domitila T
Alan G
De’Shayla J
Jennifer S
Lesli C

Third Grade
Dillon A
Alan M
Michelle D
Omar J
Carmen T

Damarys D

Fourth Grade
Marlen T

Fifth Grade
Dianah Bl
Jasmin M
Maricruz C
Elizabeth B
Sierra P