Nylah painted the wind!

Second grade, November 2015

I'm so very excited about these self-portraits, created by first grade artists while looking in mirrors. They each really represent the individual students; their appearance, their personality, their strengths. I'm proud of their boldness and expressiveness.

October 2015, 1st Grade

Animal Drawings 

Inspired by the prehistoric art from the caves of Lascaux, France

by Fourth Grade Arists

This has become one of my favorite units to teach and the resulting art is stunning. The unit starts with a couple of days of serious drawing from life practice rounds. Students create blind contour and contour drawings and then learn a little about shading. As the unit goes along, we begin learning about the discovery of the caves in Lascaux and then look closely at the drawings of animals and symbols included with the drawings found in the caves. 

Students created a piece of art inspired by the cave art and finally got to "sign" their work by spraying their hand to create a negative image.

Fourth grade, September 2015

What's Your Style? These awesome self-portraits were created by our fabulous fifth grade artists. We started this project by learning about several different art styles and periods in art history. Students chose to work in one or more different styles to draw and paint the features of their face on individual cards. Then, we took a more in-depth look at Cubism and studied the Cubist works of Picasso and Braque. With Cubism as our guiding inspiration, students assembled their facial features on a large sheet of paper to create a self-portrait that represented their artistic personality.

Fifth Grade, August 2015

Here is a sneak peek at what we've been up to with all that yarn! This collaborative artwork is the fantastic result of an idea that grew and grew. It started as our take on yarn bombing, then grew into a collaborative piece about Community. Almost 500 students have a piece of handiwork represented. The 5th grade students took ownership of piecing them all together and creatively assembled (sewed, weaved, tied or knitted) them all onto the frame built by our principal. Because of the major involvement by the 5th grade students, this project will serve as their art legacy, permanently installed here at Chase Street to inspire us for many years to come. The house shape represents us as members of a community who live, work and learn together. This has been a labor of love and creativity and has brought so many people together through art. I have truly loved this project.

This happened today!! - Polly's before and after self-portrait. I'm so proud of how much progress she made. Isn't it stunning? Unfortunately, this photo doesn't do the beautiful subtlety of the shading and detail justice.

Polly, 4th Grade Drawing Club, January and May 2015

Here are a few of the many great "Emotional Heads" made by 5th grade this year - they have SO much expression, great details and texture.

5th grade, Fall 2015

This might be one of my favorite artworks ever! It sure makes me smile. You make a color wheel and then turn it into something - what else but Mona Lisa's Colorful Smile.

Samantha, 3rd Grade, May 2015

First grade created weavings to represent different types of dwellings. They chose materials to support the type of dwelling that they were making. Perhaps this is where they wish to live one day. They embellished them with beautiful backgrounds showing the location of their dwelling.

First grade, created October 2014

French Spool Knitting - 3rd Grade

Finger knitting and weaving - 5th Grade
*Work in Progress

Stitching a Star - Kindergarten

Weaving with fabric and yarn - 2nd Grade

Our little fingers have been B-U-S-Y! 

We are gearing up for a school-wide yarn bombing inspired project. All students, grade K-5, will be making a knitted, woven or stitched artwork that will be part of a collaborative piece.