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Tuesday, May 17, 2011
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5th grade artists looked at iPod's use of silhouettes. We discussed why we thought iPod would use silhouettes of people instead of using...
Monday, May 9, 2011
Printmaking!
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Third grade artists studied Andy Warhol and learned about "pop" (popular) art. We learned that printmaking is a fun and efficient ...
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Email
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Since the beginning of the school year I have repeatedly run into parents and they'll ask, "Did you get my email?" And quite a...
Monday, May 2, 2011
Warm and Cool Flower Drawings
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1st and 2nd grade artists discussed several of Vincent Vangogh's paintings. We looked at his use of colors and talked about how artists ...
Friday, April 29, 2011
Functional Art!
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Students in grades 2-5 created functional ceramic artwork by using a mold to give their clay shape. Different grades used different material...
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Jackson Pollack Action Paintings!
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First grade artists learned about Jackson Pollack's way of painting. He would splatter, fling, drip, and pour his paint onto his giant c...
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Cat in the Hat cross-hatching
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First and Second grade artists learned about Dr. Seuss. His middle name was Seuss and he was both a talented author and illustrator. We di...
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