Ceramics/Clay Unit

5th grade Goblets/Chalice

3rd Grade Sea Serpents

Kindergarten Pinch Pots

2nd and 5th grade Finger Puppets

4th Grade BIG MOUTH

Watercolor Painting Techniques Collage

6th graders practiced a variety of watercolor paint techniques then selected

their most successful to contribute to these framed collages for the school libraries.

Polar Bears and the Arctic Landscape

3rd graders watched a video about the Hudson Bay Polar Bears 
then used watercolor paints(salt and plastic wrap technique),
wax paper and glitter snow to create the Arctic landscape.  They watched
a "How to Draw" a polar bear video and practiced drawing polar bears
and added him/her to their scene.

Hearts, Hearts and "AMore"(amour) Hearts!

2nd graders studied Jim Dine and his "Heart" paintings to create

their own tempera paint collage pieces.

Fox Still Life

CAC (Creative/Artistic Class) students observed a mounted fox
and sketched using various drawing mediums.

"String Art"Stitchery

5th graders "rag" printed their boards then
stitched line designs and shapes based on the circle.

Winter Houses

Kindergarten practiced mixing paint colors and reviewed
geometric shapes to build houses before the snow storm!

3D Hands

6th graders learned about shading and highlighting to create the
illusion of hands/arms reaching into their brown paper bag portfolios.

Whimsical Christmas Trees

2nd graders created different shades of green to paint triangle trees.  

Snowman Collage

Kindergarten used a variety of paper, fabric and markers to
make these snowman collages.

Snowman Stir Sticks

3rd graders created door/wall hangings out of paint stir sticks

 Paper Quilling/ Symmetrical Designs

5th graders observed the very old art of quilled paper designs through photographs and video.  They practiced and practiced then composed their own designs based on symmetry.

                     

Butterflies of Nebraska Prairie

4th graders used ipads in the art room to research NE butterflies then created a 

prairie grasslands landscape scene with newspaper, phonebook paper and their
3D watercolor butterflies

Halloween's A Hoot!!

Kindergarten used cutting and printing skills to create late night
Great Horned owls with circles and more circles!

Mondrian Monsterpieces!!

3rd graders learned about Piet Mondrian and his use of Primary Colors and

visual balance.  They practiced making Secondary Colors from the primaries

in a composition similar to his and filled their spaces with
Halloween characters and scenes.