1st Grade Silhouettes from Africa

These first graders are studying Africa! We practiced drawing the shape or silhouette of various African animals.  We also talked about what a sunset looks like and saw examples of photography from Africa.  These final products are black marker on tissue background.  

2nd Grade Bug Composition

2nd graders created real or imaginary backgrounds for their real or imaginary bugs! We talked about composition, color and balance for this project. 

3rd Grade Abstract Plant Drawings

3rd Graders looked at cells of plants as well as common plant forms and then put the two together.  We talked about how to abstract an image and representing the same image in two ways.  Students used black marker on top of a tissue paper background. 

4th Grade Printmaking

Students chose symbols of Colorado to create a reduction print.  The 4th graders then chose to embellish their work with various art materials.   

The first day of school is almost here!

A quick message:

August 19th is fast approaching and the art room at Laurel Elementary is being prepared for the year ahead! I have spent the summer thinking about the 2009/2010 school year and planning exciting and creative projects for art class. I would like to welcome all of the incoming Kindergarten students as well as students that will be new to Laurel this year. Art class is a place where students learn about themselves through the creative process. I encourage individuality, creative thinking, taking risks and a comfortable and inspiring work space. Most of the time we get kind of messy, sometimes we get really messy, and we always have fun learning new things. See you soon!
Sincerely,
Ms. Walton

3rd Grade: Rucker

Mr. Rucker's class made papier mache masks based on some traditional African masks. The students focused on created 3-D features with tag board as well as mixing colors. Each mask is clearly unique which is always a goal in art class!

2nd grade flowers- Leicester

Mrs. Leicester's class did a wonderful job painting these various flowers. The students did practice paintings in order to decide what their final painting would look like. The students experimented with various brush strokes and mixing colors. The students also added details with oil pastels after the paint dried.