Thursday, February 17, 2022

Fifth & Third Grade Self-Portraits in Kente Designs & Ndebele Paper Houses


Fifth & third grade students created self-portraits in kente designs in celebration of Black History Month.  

  
  



                Fifth & fourth grade students created three-dimensional paper houses in the design style of the Ndebele people of Africa.  Students explored & applied colorful geometric shapes & patterns to their creations.

 





 

Friday, March 12, 2021

Student Graffiti Art

 


Create a piece of graffiti art using words, symbols scribbles and other images.  Start by choosing a main image such as a dinosaur much like artist Basquiat's dinosaur king.  Add other lines, scribbles, symbols and letters or words.
   

Getting to know/draw like Jean Michelle Basquiat   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XT2hWBOJMmI

Post a picture of your work to padlet https://padlet.com/reesek/p5ro1uib7jlxs6na                         


           
           
 

 
           














Saturday, February 6, 2021

Paul Klee Cats/An Exhibition by Kind, First & Second grades

                             















After hearing the story, "The Cat & the Bird", students captured the personality of the cat by creating cat drawings and paintings in the style of past artist Paul Klee.