Cubist style portraits

Cubist-style portraits by 5th grade - my students amaze and inspire me every day!

This incredible artwork by third grade Lake is about redemption. The artist is represented as a ferryman oaring through the sky.

Inspired by the dream-like images of Marc Chagall, Emlyn drew and painted this wonderful self-portrait that highlights her many interests and aspirations.
Emlyn - 2nd grade, March 2017

More awesomeness from 2nd grade artists

Alivia, Celeste, Finnegan - 2nd grade, September 2016

Inspired by Georgia O'Keeffe, second grade artists looked closely and painted a natural object very large, filling the whole 18 x 18" paper, to make it important and allow the viewer to see it the way they do.

Joanne, Kari, Mahlic, Mackenzie, Ruby - 2nd grade, September 2016

Amelia's Stunning Sunset (2nd grade)

Year after year, this remains one of my all time favorite projects. The results this year are more stunning than ever and they are filled with very personal meaning. Each third grade student was asked to make a piece of art about something in the world that they would like to change. These five wonderful artworks are all about environmental problems, pollution, loss of habitat or extinction. 

Aniyah, Avery, Bella, Christian, Max - 3rd grade, February 2016

Our work at the CCSD Youth Art Month - so much good work, so little space. I'm always blown away at the quality of work I have to choose from and am proud of all of my art students. 

 

A few more amazing jungle landscapes . . .

Adelaide, Hannah L, Izzy, Jadstin, Kaleb, Max, Sophia H - Third Grade Artists, October 2015

A lot of magic happens in here - sometimes the students' work is just so wonderful I can't believe it. There were so many of these jungle paintings by 3rd grade artists that just blew me away. They are fantastical and  imaginative; and their use of art elements and principles such as balance, space, rhythm and color are informed and sophisticated.

Dylan, Maya, Shamir, Viviana, Bella - Third Grade, October 2015

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