Painted Penguins

Hmmmm... I seem to be on a penguin theme this year :) The kids love, them, though and always get so excited to draw and paint them. These second grade penguin paintings are turning out great! We have been talking about depth and overlapping. We learned that depth is the amount of space between the front and the back of the picture. Art is so awesome because even though the piece of paper is flat, we can make it feel like there is great depth (a lot of space) between the front and the back. We talked about how overlapping is a way to show depth. When one object hides another, it's called overlapping. I know that the object I can see all of is in front and the object that is partially hidden is in back. The second graders are doing so well at soaking up these concepts, not to mention being perfect penguin painters! :)

Snow Globe

Third graders have been busy working away on their snow globes. They are turning out beautifully! We learned about foreground, background, overlapping and depth with these projects. Whew! That is a lot of information to cover! The third graders did great, though, and not only learned alot but produced some great art! Nice work!

Paul Klee Castle

We've been done with this project for a while, but thought I'd post one picture cause they turned out so great! First graders learned about the Swiss artist Paul Klee who loved to use geometric shapes in his paintings. We looked at his painting "Castle and the Sun" and then made our own geometric castles. How many geometric shapes can you find?

Petey the Primary Penguin

First graders are learning their primary colors. The primary colors are the most important colors on the color wheel. They are the colors (along with black and white) that are used to make all the other colors! We met a very special friend Petey the Primary Penguin who taught us all about the Primary colors. Thanks, Petey!