Monday, November 16, 2015

Express Yourself

The Third Graders drew these with oil pastels.

Express Yourself bulletin board

Cup Cakes in Pastels

The Fourth Graders drew cup cakes with pastels in the style of Wayne Thiebaud. Delicious!







Saturday, November 7, 2015

Owl on a Branch

The fourth grade class talked about fall colours and painting with gouache. They created a fall foliage background and a collage owl on a branch.

Third Grade, Owl on a Branch

Third Grade, Owl on a Branch
Third Grade, Owl on a Branch

Paper Cut Outs

The third graders helped me make this bulletin board that was inspired by Henri Matisse's Paper Cut Outs.

Third Grade Paper Cut Outs
We are learning about positive and negative space.

Monday, November 2, 2015

Watercolor Color Wheel

Color Wheel, Janis Tarbox Fisher
I drew and painted this to illustrate the color wheel for my classes. The students enjoy looking for items in the picture.

Music Week

Music Week  featured several collaborations with the Art and Music departments last year. During Music Week we moved the art classes down to the Library and the fourth grade students made their own rain sticks out of PVC pipe. In art class we designed covers for them.

Music Week, fourth grade

Music Week, fourth grade

Music Week, fourth grade

Music Week, fourth grade

Music Week, fourth grade


Music Week, fourth grade

Music Week, fourth grade
When we finished painting, we attached the covers to the rain sticks and some of them were used in the school concert.

Sunday, November 1, 2015

Beautiful Painting


A beautiful painting by one of the first graders.

Undersea Animals

The third grade made Undersea Animal Paintings using crayons and watercolors.

Undersea Animals

Undersea Animals

Undersea Animals

Undersea Animals

Undersea Animals

Undersea Animals

The 6th Floor Art Gallery

We put up a student art gallery outside the art room.

Student Gallery

Student Gallery

Student Gallery

Student Gallery

Andy Warhol's Flowers

Flowers, Andy Warhol
The third grade studied Andy Warhol and Pop Art. We then painted flowers inspired by him.

Third Grade painting flowers

Third Grade painting flowers

Third Grade painting flowers

Third Grade painting flowers

Third Grade painting flowers

Third Grade painting flowers
Third Grade painting flowers

Octopus Drawing

Art rocks!
I drew an octopus on the board to remind the students of the rules.

My Little Helpers

The Primary Reception class was helping me make flowers for our bulletin board.

Primary Reception helpers

The China Museum

I took our second and third grade classes to the China Art Museum. For eight weeks we visited the museum and talked about the art we saw during the Museum Extracurricular Activity.

Museum ECA


Museum ECA

Museum ECA

Museum ECA

Museum ECA

Museum ECA