Kindergarten & 1st grade Owls

Today, due to an early release schedule, specials are only 30 minutes long. So, Mrs. Stacey did a directed drawing (teaching how to draw something step-by-step on the screen) with Kindergarten and 1st. They didn't have time to color, but they did such a WONDERFUL job!! Mrs. Stacey is so proud of these awesome little artists! Here are some fabulous examples!

3rd Grade Dot Paintings!

Last week, 3rd grade celebrated National Dot Day, by creating their own dot paintings! The Dot, is a book written by Peter Reynolds, and is about a young girl who's frustrated in art class, and says she can't draw. Her teacher says, "Make a dot, and see where it takes you." The student does, and realizes that she is capable of making great art, all she had to do was try! Here's how we create our own!

1st Grade Butterflies 🦋

For the past couple of weeks, first grade has been putting a lot of effort into creating butterflies, inspired by the author and artist, Eric Carle. We read The Hungry Caterpillar, and saw all his beautiful illustrations like the following. 

Eric Carle first paints his paper, 

and then uses that paper to create his art! That's what we did too! The students painted their own paper. One was supposed to be warm colors, (Red, Orange, & Yellow) and the other sheet was supposed to be cool colors (blue, purple, & green). After their sheets were dry, the next time they came to art, we started drawing the pieces and gluing them on our background. The students did all the cutting and drawing by themselves, with no tracers! They just followed Mrs. Stacey's lead, and did what she did. That's quite a challenge for these little ones!

 They prevailed though and did a great job! Here are some of their finished pieces! 

3rd Grade Painted Paper Parrots

The first day in art class this year, we painted paper, like the artist and author Eric Carle, to use for lessons like this!

The first day in art, I talk BRIEFLY about the rules and procedures. Spending the entire class on rules and procedures is torture for the both of us! After we go over the basic rules, and what procedures we're going to use that day we PAINT PAPER!

I have 7 tables in my art room, and each table receives their own color of paint to paint their 12x18 paper. I put yellow construction paper under their paintings, and that was the start of our colorful place mats. They used large brushed to spread and mix the colors on their 90 lb Sax multimedia paper. After they painted their paper, they were allowed to go get tools to create designs and texture on their painted papers. We have plastic combs and different sponges, and sponge brushes to do this.  Some took the entire class to finish one piece, others made at least two! I reminded them that this is community painted paper, and they will not be getting back their painted paper, but someone will be using it to create a future project. Never had anyone complain. They don't care, they just LOVE to paint!
3rd grade used their painted paper to create these fantastic parrots! I demonstrated how to draw the body parts on the back of their pieces of painted paper, and then they drew them out themselves. They drew out all the body parts on the back of the painted papers, so in case they make a mistake it won't show up on the front! Then they cut them out, and assembled them on the blue construction paper. I love the vibrant colors they chose! Great job third grade!!

5th Grade Dots!

Last week, 5th Grade started their Foil Pattern Dots, inspired by the book, The Dot!  September 15th was National Dot Day, and we celebrated by making these fun, foil "dots" inspired yet again by the fabulous Cassie Stephens! The main tag line of The Dot is, "Make a mark and see where it takes you." Sometimes that can be a hard thing to do, but if you never try, you'll never know what you're capable of! 

Here's how we created ours!

2nd grade Line Paintings Inspired by The Dot

2nd Grade is working on their line circles, that were inspired by the book, The Dot, by Peter Reynolds. September 15th was National Dot day, so we celebrated it by creating these wonderful works of art! 
Here's how we created these works of art!

4th Grade Pop Art Emojis 😄

This week, 4th grade started creating their emojis for our Pop Art emoji, project! What's more popular than emojis right now?? Each day they've entered the art room, I've been getting oooh's and aahh's when they see what they're going to do on the board, and even 5th has been  asking when they get to do this! 

Here's how we created ours!

2nd Grade Painted Paper Owls

2nd grade created these owls out of painted paper we made on the first day of art! I saw these on the Painted Paper Art blog, and had to try them with our students! 

What's Going On In Art? 😊

Here's what's going on in the art room, this week! Kindergartners are learning how to draw along with Mrs. Stacey! 

1st grade is working on their Eric Carle inspired butterflies 🦋

2nd, 3rd, and 5th are still working on their Dot Day projects, we started last week. 

4th just started their Emojis today!

side note (Dot Day was September 15th, and is inspired by the book The Dot by Peter Reynolds)

Check back soon for more updates! 

4th Grade Eclipse inspired Suns & Moons!

The Great American Eclipse was such an amazing sight, Mrs. Stacey was inspired to create these works of art with her 4th graders! Here's how we created ours!

4th Grade "Tie Dye"

4th Grade created these colorful artworks by using oil pastels and erasers! This lesson was inspired by The Art of Ed blog, and was a hit! 
Here's how we did it, but you can also check out the Art of Ed's blog for more details!

The Arts Give You Wings!

This year, Mrs. Stacey decided to do a photo backdrop for Night of the Arts, inspired by the murals of Kelsey Montague, Cassie Stephens blog, and the Smart Class blog!

Third through fifth grade used our painted paper we made at the beginning of the year, and each cut out their own feather, to create the wings. They drew their feather with Mrs Stacey, decorated it with patterns and lines, and then each feather that was completed was added to the wings. The students did such a great job, and the backdrop was a hit! Here's one of our sweet students standing in front of our beautiful wings! 

Mrs. Stacey's new addition!

So sorry it's been a while since Mrs Stacey has posted, friends! On Valentine's Mrs. Stacey and her husband welcomed a new baby into this world! Welcome sweet Sawyer! We love you so!