January Happenings....

Hello Families! 
We have been keeping busy in the cold month of January in art class.

Kindergarten: Finished up their Ancient Egyptian Amulets with beaded patterns then started a fun Warm and Fuzzy Hat project for a winter friend.  For this project they designed hats and painted a penguin or a polar bear to wear their new hat. 

First Grade: The students learned about the science of how snow forms and drew their own designer snowflakes.  They added the "cool" colors to their designs with both oil pastel and spray water color paints!  To finish off the whole scene, they added a collaged snowman peeking in to the page. 

Second Grade: The students learned about various cultures who make mandalas.  They also learned about the different materials used for making mandalas.  Next, they designed their own mandalas on cardboard pizza rounds and added bright colorful designs in marker. 
We are currently working on learning about portraiture and are using the iPads to help in making a self portrait. 

Third Grade: The students are just finishing up their unit on kindness with clay animation. In small groups, the classes worked with the app Clapmotion on their ipads to animate a short 10 second moment of kindness complete with paper cut out scenery, clay characters and their very own story.  During this unit students learned about storyboarding, set design, animation, and editing.  Be sure to ask your students to share their projects with you on their Chromebooks!

Fourth Grade:  The students have been learning about the living artist Jen Stark and have been working with layering cut paper to create a 3-D wall sculpture. 

Fifth Grade:  The students have been researching about different art careers, then switching roles and taking on the role of business owner and graphic designer.  They are creating a 3-D design for a company keychain and a company logo using Tinkercad and Sumopaint on their chromebooks.  We will be working with the 3-d printer to have their final designs printed.