Self-portraits

Lots of self-portraits in art class lately, so I thought I would make my own.  Double selfie!

Primary color experiments

After reading Alan Baker's White Rabbit's Color Book, Kindergarten students experimented with primary colored tempera paints.  After the paint dried, students drew and cut ovals and circles to create a white rabbit. 

The Velveteen Rabbit

Inspired by the story of The Velveteen Rabbit and the drawing styles of Vincent Van Gogh and Henri Matisse, forth grade students made drawings of their precious stuffed animals.

Bulliten board at the Board of Education

More colorful Molas for the community to enjoy at the Board of Education

Happy Autumn

Second grade students learned about size and scale to create original Autumn landscapes.

Contour line backpack drawings

After observing the lines drawings of Henri Matisse, fourth grade students made observational drawings of their backpacks.  

More Molas

Third grade students did such a great job, I wanted to share some more.  

Third Grade Molas

Kuna women from Panama create multicolored nature inspired panels called molas.  Third grade students created cut paper designs inspired by the molas of the Kuna tribe.

Second grade snakes

Inspired by the Huichol Indians of Mexico and their flood myth, second grade students painted patterned snakes. 

Kindergarten Monsters

After reading the book Lines that Wiggle by Candace Whitman, students painted monsters and gave a bowl of line spaghetti to eat.  

Sunderland at the Gallery

Featured at the CalvArt Gallery for the month of October is a group of fifth and first grade students.  Fifth grade students created linear machine drawings based on Paul Klee's Twittering Machine.  First grade students created hummingbirds using Keith Baker's Little Green for inspiration.  

To check out the artwork, visit the CalvArt  Gallery and go to the back student gallery Wednesday through Sunday 11- 5.

Janet Fish Drawings

Inspired by the art of Janet Fish, third grade students used many different kinds of lines to create a picture of a place setting and food.

Van Gogh inspired landscapes

Fourth grade students used the pencil drawings of Vincent Van Gogh as inspiration for landscape drawings.  Students utilized a variety of drawing pencils to experiment with different kinds of line and value.  Oh, and my cat thought the drawings were great, too.  

Respecting materials.

One of my biggest pet peeves is broken erasers.  Everyone in the art room shares materials and when they get broken apart no one benefits.  Let's respect materials and have a great year

Little Green, grade 1

First grade students read Keith Baker's "Little Green" and drew how their hummingbird flew and flew.

Nature's Artcade

Two featured Sunderland artists at Flag Ponds Nature Center.  Great work!