Kindergarten - Watercolor Explorations

This is a lesson I like to do with Kindergarteners towards the beginning of the school year.  They are just learning how to use brushes and paints, so I ask them to fill the paper with color - leaving no empty white space.  While they work, there are lots of reminders to rinse their brush between colors!  The next class, when the paintings are dry, they use black markers to draw on top of them.  Some use their imagination to turn their paintings into a scene, and some just use the painting as a colorful background to their drawing.  Simple and fun!

4th Grade - Giacometti Figure Sculptures

Students learned about the artist, Alberto Giacometti.  We found various examples of his artwork on the internet, and talked about the elongated nature of the figures.  Students then made a person or animal out of pipe cleaners, then "bulked" it up with aluminum foil.  The last layer was plaster gauze strips.  They could then choose one color to paint their sculpture before sponge painting metallic gold or silver on top.  They loved it!

3rd Grade - Coil Pots

Here are the coil pots the 3rd grade students made this past winter.  They could start with any shape of their choice for the bottom slab, and then build up the sides with any number of coil techniques.  They are beautiful every year!

Last Day of School

Another school year has passed; yesterday was the last day of school!

Here is a mural the 6th graders made for their end of the year party...

I intend on catching up with some more lesson blog posts throughout the summer!

Completed Mosaic Table

2nd Grade - Sidewalk Radial Designs

Since the Spring weather arrived, I'm just as antsy to be outside as the kids are!  I decided to take our lesson on radial symmetry outside with the sidewalk chalk.  The kids were excited about the size of their "canvas."

Doodle 4 Google entries

These are the Google Doodles that were entered into the Doodle 4 Google logo contest from Rumsey Station.

Elijah, 4th grade

Gabe, 6th grade

Michaela, 6th Grade

Spencer, 4th Grade

Nolan, 6th Grade