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!

 

Lesson inspired by DSS

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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6th Grade Colorful Fall Leaves

6th grade started out the year reviewing Analogous and Complimentary color schemes.  With beautiful watercolor washes, they painted their drawings of fall leaves with analogous colors.  When dry, the backgrounds were painted with complimentary colors of the fall leaves.  The students did some experimenting with watercolor techniques, using salt and clear water droplets to create some stunning effects!

5th Grade Fall Sunsets

The 5th grade were busy the last 2 weeks creating these multimedia masterpieces.  First they created a sunset using a watercolor wash, with bright vibrant colors.  Next they drew a silhouette scene on black paper and then cut out the negative space... very tricky! The results were fabulous!

Lesson inspired by DeepSpace Sparkle

4th Grade Robot Drawings

The 4th grade had a blast creating these imaginative robots!
First we talked about what robots could be made out of, using our wildest imaginations. There were so many original ideas.  Then the students drew the robots in sharpie markers using line and patterns to show texture, no pencils here!  Lastly, they colored in with markers using bright vibrant colors.

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