This Week in the Art Room...

We're rounding out the 3rd quarter this week and lots of projects are underway or wrapping up. Here's a recap of what's been going on in the art room this week...

5th graders are busy creating all of the colors on the color wheel by mixing only the primary colors, black and white. They are creating a color wheel accordion book including tints and shades of each color:
6th grade art students are drawing from observation. This quarter, students are drawing their hands spelling out their names in American Sign Language. We're using lamps as spotlights in order to create shadows and highlights:6th grade art historians are working in small groups on Windows Moviemaker movies about the Renaissance as their final project. They will present on their topics (architecture, sculpture or painting) tomorrow in class:7th graders are creating coil pots out of red low-fire clay inspired by the pottery of ancient Greece. They are going to be impressive!:8th graders have been painting the self portrait masks they casted from their faces the week before spring break. I don't have any in progress photos, but here are some from the plastering process:LS Art Club members completed their most recent project this past Tuesday (photos of the final products to come). They created a three-step reduction print inspired by African kente cloth. Here are some pics from Tuesday:Ceramics Club is on hiatus this week- the third session starts next Monday and there is still room if you want to participate. Sign up in the office with Mrs. Conkling!