7th Grade T.R Mack Trees

The 7th grade took a look at the artist T.R Mack and his beautiful paintings of trees.  Incorporating color theory into this project, they created tree  paintings in a similar style as TR Mack.  First they painted their backgrounds in either monochromatic or analogous cool colors.  After the striking black trees were painted in, the students were asked to add the circles or swirls in an analogous color scheme that is complimentary to the background colors.  They results were extremely dynamic!

3rd Grade Great Pumpkins!

Could one of these pumpkins be the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown was waiting for in the pumpkin patch that night?!  Who knows?  3rd graders did an amazing job on these pumpkin masterpieces!  First they created their drawings by looking at real pumpkins in front of them.  Then with only primary colors, red, yellow and blue; they painted their pumpkins & leaves by mixing paint right on the paper. No orange and green paint!  Lastly, the nighttime pumpkin patch scene was created using chalk pastels and black paper.  Spectacular!

 

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2nd Grade Apple Art

2nd  Graders created these amazing apple paintings using various medium.  First they drew 3 apples from observation, we had real apples to look at!  Then they painted the apples, leaves & stem using only primary colors - red, yellow and blue paint.  They created their backgrounds with colored paper and chalk pastels, designing a beautiful fall backdrop for their apples.

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1st Grade Terrific Turtles

1st graders completed these wonderful freehand line drawings of turtles.  We talked about patterns that we see everyday and filled our turtle's shell with an abundance of them.  Then they completed the pictures with bright colorful markers.

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