Wednesday, December 17, 2014

Printed Fish



We were so pressed with the beauty and quality of these linoleum block prints. Students first practiced drawing fish, then drew a final colored drawing. This drawing was developed into a graphite transfer to the Lino block. Students learned to carve using different size gouges, then inked, tested, revised and finalized their prints. They made watercolor backgrounds to print on and used fish made by their classmates to create an underwater community.





Magnified Drawing







These beautiful drawings show how much our students have grown in skill. They had to draw nine different views of a very small toy they brought, and do it in ink. We think they show very careful observation and high quality work!












Tuesday, December 16, 2014

Fourth Grade Faraway Lands

Our Fourth Grade studied how to create space and distance (atmospheric perspective) using tints and shades with tempera and using cool and warm colors with oil pastels. We talked about foreground, mid ground and background and looked at Picasso's artwork for examples of monochrome in the Blue Period. Enjoy!


Thursday, December 4, 2014

7th grade Issues Poster

7th grade completed a difficult project. They were required to create a poster showing an issue that they feel the world should be more aware of. This project fostered great discussion in class. All posters had to include a silhouette, watercolor, and text to support issue. Happy art making! -Mrs. Phelps