Creative Students!

The Art room has been busy again this week, full of hard-working artists.

Here's a peek into our week...

Young Fives continue working on Pete the Cat

Kindergarten Students finish their artwork inspired by the book, The Rainbow Fish

First Graders are learning about GEOMETRIC and ORGANIC SHAPES.  They are working on a shape collage inspired by the artist, Henri Matisse.  We read Henri's Scissors together to learn some art history about the life of Matisse.

Second graders started studying work by NYC artist James Rizzi.  Students are learning how to draw people in the style of Rizzi using line and shape.

Third Grade artists are finishing abstract landscapes and moving into studying how to apply proportion and detail to a drawing.  Students are designing Nutcrackers to help them understand proportion and practice creating detail in their artwork.

Our fourth graders are finally completing their focal point projects inspired by Matisse's The Goldfish.

They are participating in artistic self-reflection and peer critiques as we celebrate their hard work and successful masterpieces!

Fifth grade artists have completed their name self portraits and are now learning about the Japanese printmaker, Hokusai.  They've studied his print The Great Wave of Kanagawa and are creating St. Jospeh inspired versions of the great wave.  Students are applying their knowledge of line, shape, color, rhythm, movement and emphasis in their work.