5th graders created these plaster masks, inspired by cultures and artists from around the world. Students painted their own unique designs with acrylic paints, and added details using beads, feathers, glitter, and more! These masks were displayed in our annual art show, along side the artist statement written by each student.
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At the end of our school year, during the months of May and June, we experimented with “Teaching for Artistic Behavior”, otherwise known as TAB choice art education. This is a fairly new way of teaching art, in which the students choose the subject matter and materials to create their own artwork. Choice based art education encourages independent thinking and allows students to express their own ideas.
This was a great success in our art room this year! The students were self-motivated, engaged and on their best behavior. I was blown away by the creativity. Thank you to everyone who donated recyclables and materials to help make this possible, the students truly enjoyed every second of it! These colorful Japanese style fish prints were done by first graders using various techniques. First we drew the underwater scenery using crayons on watercolor paper. Then using the wet on wet technique, we added a colorful watercolor wash to the background. Finally, we printed our fish on colored paper, cut them out, and glued them on. They did an awesome job with this complex lesson!
3rd grade worked so hard on these Keith Haring inspired paintings. First we learned how to turn stick figures into full figures. Then we used lines to show movement in the style of Keith Haring. Finally, each student chose a color family to paint their figures with. The end results were amazing!
Kindergarten drew these adorable self portraits using colored pencils. Each student drew three portraits to show their emotions, happy, sad, and something else (silly, angry, surprised. etc.)
After reading Skippy Jon Jones and the Dinosaur Bones, Preschool created these clay dinosaur fossils. First we imprinted the fossils using shells, fish, and toy dinosaurs. Then we painted them with brown "mud" paint to make them look authentic. Preschool also made these dinosaur fossils. First they cut out multiple pieces of a dinosaur skeleton, and glued them together on the green paper. Then the preschoolers glued on different types of pasta that matched the shapes of the bones. Like real paleontologists, we couldn't find all of the bones, but the skeletons still look awesome! Finally, we created some spotted dinosaur eggs (or Easter eggs)! We used tempera paint and plastic egg halves to print the circles.
After reading Where The Wild Things Are, Kindergarten crafted these wild creatures out of model magic. Then we painted them using tempera paint, making sure to paint the eyes yellow!
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AuthorMy name is Tara Barboza and I am an Elementary art teacher. With this blog I plan to post many examples of amazing student work! Archives
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