Kindergarten Sunflowers.

Kindergarten just got done painting sunflowers....the students know what the element of space is now....I think:)  Either way we had good creative fun this week in the Art Room.

Coloring sheets.

So I draw coloring sheets right in front of our little artists....it is fun and they enjoy seeing and observing the process.  I usually draw and then run off a few copies for students to color when they are finished with the actual project or activity at hand.  This way I also engage in conversation with the students on what they are interested in.  Bottom line is....if art isn't interesting, they will not enjoy it.  If you do not enjoy it, you lose the "why" in art.  

Off and painting!

I got the paints out for the first graders this past week.  Learned a bit about color and how it works.  They used warm colors on the leaves and cool colors on the background.  Most kiddos chose to trace the leaves rather than draw them free hand....good choice!

2019-2020 is on!

It is about time to start posting for the school year.  Here's to a great school year.  Here is the vision for the school I am grateful to work at.  Gooooo Westside Wildcats!

Happy Summer Wildcats!

 

Definitely some talented Westsiders going through this school!  Stay creative this summer!

Focal point.

May flowers.

Clay day!

 

Every so often a class will come in and I will have clay as an option for the students to create with.  Well I have a student that is in love with jets....I mean he knows everything about them.  So his inspiration carried over to the art room and he sculpted an exact replica of an airline jet.  He could tell you more than I could about it!

The clay box.

 

Fifth grade has been working on a clay box.....one even turned into a volcano!  You never know where creativity might take you on any given day!  Yay!

Today’s WOW Art.

 

A wonderful kindergartner wowed me today with this little number. Kindergarten is starting to bring it in the art room!  They also bring a little mess too....but that's cool:) 

Wow art.

 

Happy Spring!  This piece was created yesterday in one of my art classes.  I get to see art happen everyday here at Westside....pretty lucky. 

Lines and space.

Multiple grades did a version of this project this past week.  The idea was to have the students show what they know so far about how lines can interact with space. The lines created balanced space, positive space, negative space and depth. 

HeART art.

 

Here are a few random Heart Art pieces that were created this week in art class.  It is amazing how a teacher can just throw out a word to the class and all of a sudden art happens!  The word this week was "heart" obviously.  Oh and Happy Valentine's Day! 

Winter Cards.

 

I have been teaching this lesson for years.  Second graders used pointillism to paint these cardinals.  most students used their finger points to paint these in.  We also discussed and tied in how cardinals are a part of our Sun Prairie community.  These are wonderful. Go Cards!

The Mural!

This month we finished the all school mural!  Yay!  It looks fantastic!  We had all our wildcats participate in creating this wonderful piece. Thanks to the absolutely awesome and professional artists from Dane Arts Mural Arts for guiding our community in this project. I am blessed to walk past and touch this mural everyday. Sometimes I feel like I am dreaming! You have to see it to believe it. The final dedication ceremony will be scheduled soon. 

Kinderbears.

 

Kindergarten learned how to reuse and recycle by creating a polar bear collage.  Cutting and pasting was the name of the game here.  Nice job Kinders!

 

Have an Amazing 2019!

 

I had a second grader draw this today on the first day back from our Winter Break!  I took it as a message to have an amazing 2019....just like the Amazing Spider-man!