Still life paintings

Fifth grade students created grayscale paintings and added a colorful acrylic glaze over the top. 

Paper batik

Fourth grade students painted bright tempera paintings of fruit that they outlined in chalk. Once the tempera was dry, they smeared the chalk and coated the paper with India ink. After the ink dried, students put their paintings under running water to reveal their batik style paintings. 

A few more animals and their habitats

Animals in their habitats

Students in second grade created animals in their habitats.  First, they drew an animal in their habitat by looking at a photograph.  Next, they sculpted their animal out of air dry clay and painted it.  Finally, second graders colored a habitat on a folded paper for their sculpture's habitat. 

Under the Sea

Kindergarten students imagined they were "the best artists in the ocean," like in the book by Kevin Sherry.

Rock Thoughts

I am so excited to share the art work of the forth grade students. They worked hard to create a monster painted rock and a story to go with it. Below I have included some photos of the finished rocks. Check out rockthoughts.com for all the great rock photos and stories.

Sunderland at the gallery

This January, second grade students had their artwork featured in the student section of the CalvART Gallery in Primce Frederick. Their self-portraits were well received by the community.

Second grade trees

Students in second grade drew silhouetted trees and painted cool to warm sunsets.

Paint by number

First grade students created their own paint by number using odd and even numbers and primary and secondary colors.

Radial sun

Students in forth grade tooled radial patterns into metal sheets.

Fifth grade weaving

Students in grade five wove on looms to create interesting monsters and creations.

Origami Dogs

After reading Andrew Clement's Dogku, students in Kindergarten made origami dogs.

M.C. Escher's tessellations

Students in fifth grade created original tessellations inspired by M.C. Escher's work.

Keith Haring sculpture

Inspired by the work of Keith Haring, third graders created figurative sculptures. Students also used knowledge of primary and secondary colors in their designs.

Molas inspired by the Kuna women of Panama

Third grade students created paper molas.