1st Grade Wayne Thiebaud Treats!

Yummy! Don't these look good enough to eat? First graders have spent the past 2 weeks studying Wayne Thiebaud, an American artist who loved to paint sweet treats! The first graders chose their own favorite sweet treats and made some delicious artwork :)

2nd Grade Monet Gardens

These gardens turned out so lovely! I can't stop looking at them! The second graders learned all about Claude Monet and his impressionist style of painting. They loved the fact that he painted outdoors a lot and were begging me to take them outside... the weather is warm enough so we'll be going out soon! We talked about how Monet used a variety of colors to create different types of light and we used many colors to creat our artwork. Awesome job 2nd graders!!

3rd Grade Bugs!

I had to give you a sneek peek of this 3rd grade project! They are doing such a great job making detailed a realistic bugs. Can't wait to show off the finished product!

More Flowers

I'm just loving these flowers... hope they brighten your day!

3rd Grade Pop-Art Prints

The third grader's began their Pop Art adventure by learning about Andy Warhol, one of the most famous artists to ever live. They learned all about his life as an artist and the type of art that he made. Andy Warhol made a type of art called "pop-art". This means that he took things from our everyday lives (POPular items) and incorporated them into his art. He did a lot of artwork about movie stars (Marilyn Monroe, Elvis), Campbell's soup cans and self portraits. Warhol often used a method called printmaking to creat his art. The third graders followed in his footsteps and made some prints of their own!

They first drew their self portaits into a piece of styrofoam with a pencil, making sure to press hard enough to make a dent in the foam. They then put in on the styrofoam and transferred the image to a sheet of paper by rubbing the inked side of the foam onto a piece of paper. I love the bright colors in this project! Way to go guys!

1st Grade Still Life

This is hands down one of my favorite projects that first graders do. Every student's work turns out wonderful, beautiful and unique! I wish I could hang each one in my house, they are so bright and cheery!

The first graders began by learning about the art element of space. They learned that space is the empitness around and between objects. We then spent a day drawing flowers in vases on our tables. We talked about how important it is to actually look at the flowers and draw what you see in front of you, not what you think the flowers look like.

After drawing and outlining our flowers we used water colors to paint them. Incredible!