Kandinsky Circles- 3rd grade

3rd grade art inspired by Kandinsky. Great work Ms. Lana's class!! Students learned about cool and warm colors, oil pastels, blending and texture. Each student can also list 5 facts about Kandinsky! Wow! Happy art making! -Mrs. Phelps

3rd grade clay fish

Wow!! Great work Mrs Stacy's class. Students finished their fish and backgrounds. Beautiful work!

3rd grade clay fish in progress

3rd grade is busy creating clay fish. They still need to be fired and glazed so please  visit blog again to see finished fish! Yeah! Great work Mrs. Stacey's class! 

3rd Grade- Dragons!

Wow! Great work 3rd grade! After reading the poem "Dragon on the Playground" students created their own dragon! They focused on controling their paint and did a great job cleaning up. 

3rd Grade Dragons!

3rd grade read the poem "Dragon on the Playground" and learned many new vocabulary words. Students then created their own dragons. Here are some that they are working on. 

Read the poem! It is fun and maybe it will inspire you to draw your own dragon! 

There's a dragon on the playground
who descended from the skies.
He swooped down on the schoolyard
where he took us by surprise.

He leapt across the blacktop
in a single bounding stride,
erupting flames and lava
to incinerate the slide.

He reared his huge and scaly head
and flapped his leathery wings,
then set the soccer field ablaze
and blackened all the swings.

He cauterized the asphalt
with a sudden, fiery flash.
Then reeled upon the seesaw
and converted it to ash.

He melted all the monkey bars.
The sand was molten glass.
With nothing left to liquefy
he headed for our class.

I doubt we'll soon be rid of him
despite the fires he's set.
You see, our teacher likes him,
so he's now the teacher's pet.

-Kenn Nesbitt

 

Art Awards for 1st Quarter

A big congratulations to Mrs. Mazon’s  4^th Grade class and Mrs. Smith’s class in 2^nd grade.  They are the winners of the 1^st quarter art award!! We (Mrs. Phelps and Mrs. Paradis) worked hard to create a special necklace for each Champion Artist. 

To win, classes must fill their “Class Palette” with as many colors as possible.  How do they win colors? Classes must work as a team to achieve Champion behavior every week!

Here is a poem written by Mrs. Paradis for our winners:

The Art Winners

You worked as a team

You each did your part

To keep your agreements

And create great Art.

 

One hundred percent

Is the effort you gave,

And in trying new things

You were nothing but brave.

 

So today you are winners

And it is out pleasure

To bring you a prize

A handmade Art Treasure!

 “Class Palette”

Mrs. Mazon's Class

3rd Grade Boothill project

3rd grade has worked hard over the past three weeks creating cowboy boots. Students started with a watercolor wash background to look like a sunset. They then learned about drawing silhouettes.  We talked about and looked at plants from the desert where we live.  The last step was designing a cowboy or cowgirl boot.  Students focused on painting with control and using the watercolors properly.   Great work 3^rd grade!

3rd Grade Joan Miro Inspired Paintings

3rd Grade: After studying Joan Miro and his use of line students created paintings of "Creatures. First students exchanged papers with a friend and drew 3 lines on their paper.  After switching back papers students created a creature using the lines.  Students then outlines creature with sharpie and used watercolor to finish them. Great work!