Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Art to Remember Orders Have Arrived!

     I am always so excited when our annual Art to Remember orders come in!  The products are great, the artwork is wonderful, and I get to use part of the money collected to buy supplies for our art program!  Over the years I've done this fundraiser, we've raised enough money to buy lots and lots of art supplies, a digital projector for the artroom (and get it mounted to the ceiling!), a fabulous cart that acts as a very helpful assistant when I display our students' artwork, and some great art prints and supplemental DVD's about art and artists.  I truly appreciate the support that I get for this fundraiser, and so do our young artists! 

Here are a few images of some of the great Art to Remember products:
Night Light, Artwork by Christian W., 2-2



Travel Mug, Artwork by Hayden T., 1-1


Water Bottle, Artwork by Jillian Y., 2-2

Matted Print, Artwork by Aidan J., K-1
  
Mug, Artwork by McKenzie D., K-3


Teddy Bear with T-Shirt, Artwork by Olivia L., K-1
Happy Thanksgiving!!

Friday, November 19, 2010

Footprints Worth Following Paintings

Our district has adopted the wonderful theme of "Making Footprints Worth Following" this year.  It's been a positive goal not only for the kids, but for me too! 




     I decided to combine our new motto with a color theory unit for second grade.  To start, in each class we brainstormed a list on the board explaining why we make good footprints to follow.  The students then drafted their own sentences to include in their artworks.

 
     Next, the students traced their feet six times and started painting.  They learned about the primary colors, and they learned how to mix them together to create the secondary colors.  In the backgrounds of their paintings, they created tinted colors by adding white to any color!

     When their paintings were complete, the kids used black Sharpies to write their sentences into the artworks to complete them.







Thursday, November 18, 2010

4th Grade Anti-Bullying Animal Friends

      For Anti-Bullying Week, the fourth graders the realism and fantasy elements of a Travelor's Insurance commercial that features many animals living peacefully together that would not normally do so.
 The fourth graders enjoyed creating these resist artworks focusing on two new "animal friends".  They tried to make these non-realistic situations seem possible and normal.






3rd Grade Art to Remember Full Body Self-Portraits

For their Art to Remember artworks, the third graders were challenged to create full-body self-portraits with the scenery of their choice.  Some students drew themselves in special places and some drew themselves doing special activities.  The artworks were completed with watercolor pencils and watercolor paints.







2nd Grade Winter Fun Scenes

    For their Art to Remember artwork, the second grade artists created these blustery crayon resist winter fun scenes.  They drew compositions of memories or activities they enjoy during winter. 






1st Grade Art to Remember Portraits


      For this year's Art to Remember artwork, our first graders created these realistic self-portraits.  Oil pastels and watercolors were used to add color, and the students paid special attention to the painting of their skin tones.  They tried to make their painted skin tones match their real skin tones!






Kindergarten First Day of School Paintings

The kindergarten artists started out their year in art class by creating these colorful paintings of their first day of school.  They will be learning a lot about creating artwork this year, but to start out, they created these artworks completely on their own with very little guidance.  It looks like it's really going to be a great year!