Kindergarten worked on finishing up their Eric Carlyle bugs and their pictures made from the color of green to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. First graders finished up the week by making puppets to complement their rainforest they will be constructing in their classroom. Second graders worked on finishing their Tin and Live forests using collage from magazines and worked on St. Patrick’s Day Knot designs. Third graders worked on finishing their self portraits and also worked on Knot designs to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. Fourth graders worked on their claymation projects with the theme “President’s”. They completed the week by taking the pictures, next week they will be starting their film productions! Fifth graders worked on their paper mache’ volcano’s. We will be exploding the volcano’s at the end of next week on Friday at 3pm.  Can’t wait to see the art produced next week!! Until then, keep creating!

I am continuously surprised with the work that the kids at the Summit produce! Third graders worked on finishing their Tin Forest collages. Fourth graders started their clay animation projects about presidents. Fifth graders finished their character sketches from the book “Seedfolks”. Thanks for allowing us to inspire your children through art!

This week in art was fun filled and quite creative as we worked on book based work! Kindergarten completed painting their leaf bowls and will be ready to take home next week. They also finished their inspired collages from the book entitled “Tico and Gold Wings”. We played with clay forming spheres and boxes and they painted pieces which they played with. I instructed that these pieces were not fired and easily breakable but they insisted they take them home. Take care as they will “melt” if they get wet and are easily broken! First grade completed drawings that were inspired from the book “Curious Garden”. Second grade started on their collages using magazines that are inspired from the book entitled “Tin Forest”. Third graders completed their collage projects using yarn that was inspired from the book entitled “Listen to the Wind”. Fourth graders started on their clay animation films using the theme: Presidents. this project will at least take a month to complete. We will need to borrow tripods and digital cameras when we get to filming. Fifth graders are working on their character sketches or sculptures from characters of their choice from the book entitled “Seedfolks”. We will begin making volcanos that correspond to an earlier lesson. We will need two or one liter bottles that corresponds to the size of the volcano your child has been assigned. This is due next week. Thanks for allowing us to inspire your child through art….

This week in art has allowed us to finish up our projects from last month and move on to preparing for entering works to place in the LAD fair. These pieces will comprise of pieces that incorporate our artistic talents and our reading comprehension and poetic abilities. We are anxious to see what will be revealed within the next few weeks! First and second graders were able to finish their pottery at Drury! A big thanks goes out to the Drury Art Center for helping support our school in the arts!! Specifically the pottery department!! I am personally taking up a collection for the pottery department as a thank-you from our students for their support!! Leave collection at desk and I will collect through the end of school and present it to their department in May!!

This week was a great week of creativity!! Pre-K worked on drawings of their parents. Kindergarten worked on books that were about themselves using yarn, paper, and markers. In first and second grade we went to Drury for pottery on Thursday! First through fifth worked on dragon puppets that corresponded with celebrating New Year’s for China using varied mediums. Keep on creating and we will see you next week…..art teachers!

This week in art we have created  in Pre-K by making collages of our parents by drawing our parents then adding  items to those creations. Kindergartners continued to discover themselves  by illustrating books about themselves. In first grade we continued working on weaving using cardboard looms and yarn. This has been a challenging project for them but they have done some amazing work!! In second and third grades they have worked on making foldout books that have really shown their talents as authors and illustrators. The creation in this group is really fun to watch! Fourth and Fifth graders have shown their perspective in city perspective drawings using two and one point perspective points.

This week we worked with clay and formed leaf bowls after a brief discussion on the purpose of leaves and symmetry of a leaf. They were introduced to the purpose of chlorophyll and why leaves change colors. We also talked about the process of firing clay using a kiln. We will glaze our pieces later during our discussion of the element color.

Middle school wrapped up our discussion of line by drawing our classmates using gesture drawings and then forming a wire sculpture from one of the gesture drawings. Some of the classes delved into learning how to critique each others artwork as well as their own. We also started our next element of design, shape. Our first test will be next week on line. Tuesday, October 18 will be another field trip to Drury University to glaze the pieces they worked on prior to fall break.

The lower school will be doing clay work this week, if anyone is willing to help with the price of glazes that would be wonderful!!

This week we were busy finishing up our gala  and donuts with dad projects and many started learning about our next element of design, shape. We worked on working with various forms of shapes in varied mediums. Next week we will be continuing our study in shape using varied mediums including clay!

Middle school completed their line study drawings and can be located in the music room! They are absolutely outstanding!! They have all worked really hard on their studies, please go view!! Some students have started learning how to critique artwork and were given another student to critique as well as their own. Their first critique assignment was with guided questions. We are planning on going back to Drury Tuesday, October 18 after lunch to finish the glazing of our pottery projects. If their are any drivers that are available, that would be great! I am anticipating about 1.5 – 2 hours for total travel and glazing time. The students had a great lesson at the school of architecture at Drury University! They learned about architecture and were able to try their hand at building a structure from straws. They also completed a donuts for dad project!

See you next week!

This week in art….

pre-K Learned about gardens and made their own gardens using construction paper and tearing technique.  K worked on animal related pictures using paper and pencil. 1st and 2nd worked on their second element of design, shape, using construction paper and found shapes, as well as a gala project. 3rd grade worked on gesture drawings of their classmates and a gala project. 4th grade worked on a gala project. 5th grade did gesture drawings of classmates and then made a wire sculpture from one of their drawings. They are being displayed in the art room. They also worked on a gala project.

Middle school worked on their line studies using cross hatching, scribbling, and pointalism using pencil and paper. They also worked on a gala project. They have the homework assignment to finish their mini books at home if they have not done so as well as work on a superhero picture we have given them.  Please have them bring their sketchbooks to class on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons.

More creativity to following next week!!!