Welcome 2013!

2012 was jam packed with artistic endeavors. Please enjoy a glimpse into some of our favorite projects!

Kindergarten ceramic and wire birds

Kindergarten overlapping pumpkins

First Grade Building Communities

First Grade Van Gogh Sunflowers

First Grade Family portraits

Second Grade Antarctica animals

Second Grade Kandinsky Tree Collages

Second Grade Jacob Lawrence mixed paintings

Third Grade "Finish the picture" oil pastels

Third Grade Native American weavings

Third Grade Cave Paintings

Fourth Grade Baroque Castles

Fourth Grade Value Study Cityscapes

Here's to many more creative moments in the New Year!

Kindergarten Reflections

Kindergarten has been using scissors and glue to create beautiful buildings on the edge of the water. They added reflections and waves, and look how great they turned out! These samples are all from Mrs. Densa's class.

Carson G.

Kyra G.

Lily B.

Samples From Our Peace Day Art Exhibit

Maggie B. in Mrs. Densa's Kindergarten
Crayon and permanent marker on paper

Elise H. in Ms. Hawleys First Grade
Watercolor and repurposed paper collage

Caroline W. in Mrs. Graham's Second Grade
Crayon rubbings and repurposed paper collage

Ashli M. in Ms. LaDuke's Third Grade
Permanent marker and colored pencil on paper

Ryker R. in Mr. Hughes' Fourth Grade
Permanent marker and watercolor on paper

Third Grade Peace Sign Portraits

Duncan W. in Ms. Mitchell's class

Ellie L. in Ms. LaDuke's class

John M. in Ms. LaDuke's class

Lucile B. in Ms. Mitchell's class

Welcome Back to the Art Room !

We are jumping right in to a project to celebrate The International Day of Peace on September 21st. Every grade level in the Lower Division is working on a different project to express our desire for peace and peacefulness. The fourth graders drew doves, using text as line. In this case, the text is all about things that make you feel peaceful. Once the text was completed, the children used watercolors to add contrast to the negative space (the space around the dove). Aren't they beautiful?!

Clockwise from top left: Nico B., Maggie T., Lilianna B.

Second Grade Artwork Goes to NY and Australia!

As part their study of the continent of Australia, our second graders are participating in the Pollyzoon international exchange with the Early Learning Center at the University of Melbourne in Australia. The children at the University program in Australia sent us a beautiful book filled with their illustrations of animals native to Australia.

Paula Allen, artist and friend of Shorecrest, has asked for our help. She is going to make a mural of animals from the United States, and Shorecrest is providing artwork that will represent the animals from the Southeastern region with a focus on the tropical creatures of Florida and the Everglades. Children in NY will be providing artwork with a focus on the Northern United States.

Our students' artwork will be scanned and sent via email to Ms. Allen. She will assemble the artwork into one piece and send the original to Australia, and a copy to the World Awareness Children's Museum in Glen Falls, NY. This museum is one of the only museums dedicated to children's international art exchanges. Our piece will just be visiting.

The photos on this post are samples of the artwork that will be included in the project. How exciting!

The Sketchbook Project

Before the break, I signed up to participate in "The Sketchbook Project". I would love to have some of my students sign up as well. It's completely voluntary and is open to ALL ages. Maybe some of you adults out there would like to join in? You can sign up for as little as $25 up to $75. Let me hear from you if you have any questions. Here's the link!

http://www.arthousecoop.com/projects/sketchbookproject

Kindergarten Printmaking

We studied the life and art of Andy Warhol before trying out several printmaking methods. Here are some pictures from our color theory printmaking project. See if you can find the four color groups we studied: primary, secondary, warm, and cool.



Ben N. in Mrs. Minke's class

Leni T. in Mrs. Vigue's class

Cooper M. in Ms. Conroy's class

3rd Graders Study Native American Art

American Indians made parfleches, very similar to the ones our students just completed. The Native Americans made them from dried raw buffalo hide. They painted them in bright colors and used them to hold food. Ours are made from crumpled grocery bags and raffia, sharpies, and watercolor markers. Follow the link to learn more about Native American parfleches.
http://tinyurl.com/NAparfleche

Kirsten P. in Mrs. Hensler's class

Lucy R. in Mr. Wolfrath's class

Molly C. in Ms. Mitchell's class

Shep S. in Ms. LaDuke's class

Second Graders Prepare the Set for Upcoming Show

Believe it or not, these cardboard tubes will soon be the tree trunks in our man-made South American Rainforest. The tubes were originally used to transport materials for our new Athletic Facility.

Teamwork pays off with paintings this large! This one is going to be an imitation of British artist, David Hockney's, self-portrait. Second graders studied about him at the beginning of the year.

Look familiar? Eric Carle would be so proud that we are using his "Very Hungry Caterpillar" to represent North America.

First Grade Plaid Puppies & Kittens

Alissa S. in Mrs. Densa's class

Patrick D. in Mrs. Whitecage's class

Wiley L. in Mrs. Owen's class

William E. in Ms. Hawley's class