Jan 29 and Jan 30

K-2
Students finished the texture rubbing collage piece of vase and flowers. Our next area of exploration is shape. Today the focus was to build pictures just using foam shapes. The imagination gets stretched when all you have are circles and have to figure out how to build a rocket ship.  The students created categories of possible ideas to create from animals to humanoid forms.....minions were a big hit....Despicable Me must have been on the movie watching list for some.

3/4
A unit on negative and positive space was started. Looked at how negative space can be a positive design element in the creation of a simple composition. They created very cute houses with a heart theme. Look for them coming home......maybe in the form of a valentine card (shhhh...it’s a secret)

5/6
Moving into a unit on printmaking, we started with looking at the concept of positive and negative space. Students created beautiful black and white designs that tested their spatial awareness. The end product will be making printed fabric using bleach on blue quilt weight fabric. Look for an email with information on this project. The students are very excited about what this will be when finished.  

Jan 22 and Jan 23

K-2

The focus this week was TEXTURE. Students went on a texture hunt all over the art room. When a texture was found they did a crayon rubbing. The texture rubbings will be transformed into a collage piece of vases and flowers.

3/4 Lisa Call quilt squares based on a curved line and straight-line structure with a common color palette was the focus of the work today. The work turned out beautifully. Make sure you stop by the art room during Catholic Schools Week to check them out.

5/6
The Portraits are finished!! Halleluiah!! I am so impressed with the work that the students did. It was a tough project and regardless of the finished product, they learned SO much. Come by during Catholic Schools Week to see some of their efforts.