Friday, December 17, 2010

Medieval Self-Portraits

5th Graders learned about Medieval life and human proportions. They used this knowledge to create a Medieval self-portrait. Aren't they fabulous?!





Sunday, December 12, 2010

Symmetrical Butterflies

Kindergartners learned what the word "symmetry" means. They created symmetrical butterflies with oil pastels on day 1 of the lesson. On day 2 they painted over the butterflies with watercolor.







Sunday, November 21, 2010

Peace Poster














Every year the 6th graders compete in a Peace Poster Contest sponsored by the Lion's Club. It is an international competition. Click here to check out the details. This year the judges had a difficult time narrowing the competitors down to just three local winners. Here are the results:
1st Place Local Winner

2nd Place Local Winner

Third Place Local Winner

Sunday, November 7, 2010

Peacocks

Aren't these beautiful?! I was really amazed at the variety. We used oil pastels and I showed the students how they could blend the colors together. 




Later they added background details with colored pencil


O'Keeffe Flowers

5th Graders learned about Georgia O'Keeffe and then created their own watercolor flowers. We discussed different watercolor techniques and complimentary colors.





Cave Art

4th grade students imitate cave art using chalk and flashlights. They LOVE this!



Masks

Students adding the features of their masks