A Hand-made Holiday, 2nd Grade

A Hand-made Holiday, 5th grade

A Hand-made Holiday, 4th grade

A Hand-made Holiday, Pre-K

I hate to spoil the surprise, but these adorable clay hands are coming home with Pre-K students this week.

No bleak and gray winter skies for this young artist. Sofia painted a beautiful sunset behind a forest of evergreen (complete with patterns) and deciduous trees. She even added an owl - perhaps for good luck.

Sofia, 1st grade, December 2012

5th grade Drawing Club students painted these two 8 x 12’ panels for our holiday musical, “A Pirate Christmas.” I asked for ‘painterly’ and this is what they came up with. I think the brushstrokes in both of these panels demonstrate that these students are well on their way to becoming very exciting painters!

ANGER

Henry, 1st grade, November 2012

SURPRISE

Molly, 1st grade, November 2012

JOY

Ken’daija, 1st grade, November 2012

CURIOSITY

Batiste, 1st grade, November 2012

First grade artists show their feelings with these incredibly expressive self-portraits, all created, drawn and painted, while looking in a mirror.

Here are a few of the completed busts. Aren’t they incredible? I’ll post more photos very soon!

5th grade, October 2012

We’ve completed the first step of finishing our clay busts - adding a sienna stain. Our next step will be to paint in details with acrylic paints. Too bad we have to wait a whole week.

5th grade, October 2012

Jessica breathed new life into the world with this one - creating very memorable characters. I encouraged her to name them all and to start letting them appear in her future artworks.

Jessica R., 5th grade, October 2012

The Georgia Performance Standard for this assignment was for students to recognize that lines can show rhythm and movement. I’d say Pierce has a strong understanding of that concept! What a beautiful sky - don’t you wish that you could lay on a blanket on top of one of her mountains?

Pierce A., 2nd grade, October 2012

Soren channeled his inner van Gogh and created this beautiful painting, titled Cross Stars. I love his expressive brushstrokes, his rich, moody colors and the dynamic composition.

Soren T., 2nd grade, October 2012

I loaded these up on Friday afternoon and I’m so excited about them that I can hardly stand it. They are incredible! - extremely well made, and full of texture, personality and emotion. We’ll be putting on a black base color then painting them with acrylics over the next two weeks.

Ms. Thompson’s class, 5th grade, October 2012

Amira’s painting of her dance class is so charming - I love the sincerity in the face of the dancer in the foreground, the balance of and spatial depth created in the composition, and the gorgeous application of paint to create the wooden dance floor.

Amira A., 3rd grade, October 2012

Doesn’t this butterfly make you happy? It’s full of pattern, texture, and lots of personality.

Kingsley H., Kindergarten, October 2012

Using Georgia O’Keeffe as inspiration, second grade students painted flowers from direct observation. Carolina painted all three flowers that were in front of her - a sunflower, a zinnia, and a black-eyed susan, skillfully filling the space of her art composition. Her personalized background and excellent color choices make this painting really sing.

Carolina T., 2nd grade, September 2012

Alexander Calder? Nope, this wonderful wire fisherman was made by Roan in the 4th grade. Don’t you love how he submerged his feet under paper?

Roan O., 4th grade, October 2012

I love Caylon’s painting titled My Game - it’s so carefully rendered and his color choices are right on, especially the beautiful hints of purple and blue coming through on the floor, against all that orange.

Caylon, 3rd grade, October 2012

First grade students were prompted to make a place using papers that they had beautifully printed with different textures. Grace chose to make space - how clever!

Grace, 1st grade, September 2012

Melissa’s painting is full of emotions, six to be exact - sadness, fear, tenderness, excitement, happiness and anger.

Melissa R., 5th grade, September 2012