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!

Clay tiles.

 

Third graders worked hard on slab art using clay. Each student created a tile with a snow person theme.  The students had fun learning the clay techniques used for this project.  Nice work third!

Elephant.

As one of the free choice options when the art students are finished I offer a lego station. The students are always amazing with their sculpting skills with these blocks. This elephant was left behind the other day......impressive!

Cartography.

Third grade learned about map making in their class rooms for their STEAM units.  In the art room I taught the students about "Cartography", which is the art of drawing and making maps.  The students learned creatively by creating their own fantasy map.  The students used their knowledge of what they learned in their classrooms to create their maps.

STEAM Bees.

First graders have been learning about honey bees for their STEAM unit.  The "A" in STEAM stands for Art!  So I ran a couple of bee inspired projects in my art room.  This was a great way to observe the bee!  Nice job first.

Bats!

Second grade has been learning about bats for their "STEAM" unit.  The "A" in "STEAM" is of course....ART.  We learned the paper mache process.  We first used cardboard to create an armature or skeleton of the bat.  And then we used paper mache paste to apply black paper to the sculptures.  Finally we used black paint and white crayons to touch up and add details.  Very nice, very messy, and my favorite.....very hands on.

Perspective sea turtles.

Third grade painted sea turtles from a different perspective.  We imagined like we were under the water looking up.  We also learned what a tint of a color is.....basically it is when you add white to a color.  These are cool....third grade is cool:)

The clay monster.

Fourth grade celebrated monstober by creating clay monsters.  We let our imagination go wild on this one!  I like using monsters as inspiration because there is simply no wrong way to do it.....because they are not real.

Scribble monster.

Kindergarten used their imagination and used line to create shape and then turned it into a monster.  Also the students did a little cutting and pasting.  Happy Monstober!

Concept of space.

Kindergarten enjoyed learning about how to use space on their paper.  Space is one of the elements of art we art teachers teach so that the students can learn balance.  It is one of the first things an artist has to decide and think about before they create.  This was fun....and a tad messy.