6th Grade Newspaper Basket Weavings

6th graders have completed weaving their newspaper baskets. This is my first time with the project but I think I will keep it in my books for next year. There were some definite challenges at the beginning but once students got the hang of it, it was very successful!

3rd Grade Wayne Thiebaud Inspired Art

Looking at pictures of sweets inspired our third graders to create Wayne Thiebaud ice cream cones and cakes. We studied how tints and shades are made by adding white and black to a color.

We continued our studies and talked about shape and form. We drew a cylinder that we turned into a cake. We pretended that someone ate a slice of cake and here is what our beautiful and delicious results looked like! I have to say I am really impressed with these 3rd graders!

Drawing with Line, Form, and Value

So I don't know if I will be a youtube sensation but I had fun editing and putting these tutorials together. My students stroked my ego and after showing them their lesson through youtube, they all wanted to subscribe to my channel and like my videos. These simple drawing projects helped my students practice their skills with line, shape, form, and value!

Snowflake Printmaking

Fifth and sixth grade students at Falcon Heights Elementary embraced the inspiration of winter and created a beautiful printmaking project.

Roseville's k-6 art team!

Today District 623's awesome art teachers met together for PLC. We talked about current art projects, future inspirations, and student progress. There's absolutely no limit when these six creative minds get together! Go Art Team!!!

Types of coils... Ideas, ideas, ideas...

4th Grade Reflective Cityscapes

Fourth grade reviewed the differences between a cityscape and a landscape. We virtually visited a city called Venice and saw how it rested on the water. We were inspired to create cityscapes with a reflecting image. The students were so proud of their work, they begged to not have them be hung up in the hallways and instead take them home right away. This is always a difficult choice since I know they want to take their creations home, but I also need to see them for grading and what not. However, this year we are using an Ipad app called Seesaw which allows students to document their work electronically. Woot woot for technology!

4th grade Birch Bark Trees

A quick and beautiful painting project for before Winter Break!

5th grade Complementary Color Wheel Names

Color Wheels everywhere. 5th graders did this traditional color wheel project using their name as the main subject. I love the finished look of the bright oil pastels. They were very proud of their work which are now hanging in our specialist gallery between the art room and music room!

1st grade Teacups- Little Canada Elementary School

5th grade linocut printmaking- Little Canada Elementary School

1st Grade Winter Landscapes

CP first graders learned a new vocabulary word: Landscape; a picture of a place. We looked at and talked about different types of landscapes. We looked at landscapes that showed close objects large and far objects small. We created two snowy hills with large trees in the foreground and small trees in the background. Then we used tempera cakes to make a colorful night sky.