5th Grade Pinch Pots

No, David!

1st grade students spent time looking at and reading several books by author/illustrator, David Shannon.  After reading the book, No, David, students brainstormed ideas for additional pages to add to the book. 

We discussed how background details can help explain what the author has written and how they are essential in helping children decode the illustrations in a picture book.  After sketching their ideas, students drew their final project on 12x18 sulphite paper.  In order to make their drawings bold, like David Shannon's, students added color with oil pastel.  The final step will be to go over all the lines with black oil pastel.


A few projects in progress:

 

 "No, David!  No riding the dog!"

 "Don't eat rocks, David!"

 

 

 

 "Do not do that!"

Kinder Gardens

Kindergarten Delphinium Flowers

Winter Fun:  Snow Painting!

Elementary students experiment with color mixing 

while playing with snow!

Please visit sandyhilleccart.blogspot.com to see what is happening in the art room at Sandy Hill and the Early Childhood Center!

Beginning Paper Mache Pigs

Phil over at "There's A Dragon in my Art Room" makes fun paper Mache pigs with her students every year.  A few years ago the 6th graders at Rosewood Elementary made them .... every year, the 6th graders look forward to this project. 

Here is the link to her project:
http://plbrown.blogspot.com/search?q=paper+mache+pigs

We are now creating our armatures ....

George Rodrigue Blue Dogs

We Began this 5th grade art lesson by watching these two videos:
Blue Dog Artist George Rodrigue - Biography
George Rodrigue featured on CBS Sunday Morning News

Students then sketched out several ideas on a worksheet I found on George Rodrigues's Website:
Blue Dog Worksheet

The students were encouraged to create a dog that expresses ideas that are important to them.