Kdg.- Kindergarteners have been learning about functional art versus art for art's sake, so we have been creating candy jars using found objects. The students have been using the found objects to trace and stamp. They loved thinking about all the candies they like and recreating them.
1st- First graders have been working on creating tree houses. We learned about shelters and how tree houses can be a type of shelter. The tree houses have both visual texture and actual texture. This project is great because the tree houses really give the students an opportunity to use their imaginations. One treehouse I saw had traps and laser beams!
2nd- The second graders have been finishing up their warm and cool color fish for the book fair next week. They learned a new technique called wax resist to create a colorful effect on their fish.
3rd- Third graders just finished their sea turtles for the book fair-- they look GREAT. There are even a few teenage mutant ninja sea turtles on display throughout the school. The students really enjoyed thinking about different ways to design their turtle shells.
4th- Fourth graders are taking a break from their Jasper Johns Pop Art Collagraph lesson to paint their ceramic grotesques (a gargoyle without a spout). We're using black and silver acrylic paint to give them the look of stone.
5th- Fifth graders have been glazing their Wayne Thiebaud inspired ceramic donuts. Some of them look so real! The students have been learning about how the glazing process works and some troubleshooting while using glaze. Glazing and ceramics involves a LOT of chemistry, which is always fascinating to the students.
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