Elementary Grade 5 September 20-24

Grade five students are looking at the symbol writing and pictographs of Austrailian aborignal art. They are recording their research in their sketch books. Then they will design and paint an image of a character from the Dream Time legend.

Elementary Grade 4 September 27- Oct. 1

The library coral reef is missing some fish! Our grade four students are studying fish shapes and will be designing their own tropical fish to swim in the library. This week they are collecting ideas in their sketchbooks and will begin drawing and cutting thier fish shape. Next they will be stuffing their shapes with recycled paper and begin adding layers of papier-mache.

Elementary Grade 3 September 27 - Oct. 1

Get out the paint! Third graders demonstrated the water color skills they learned last year by painting their still life compositions of flowers in a vase. They will finish their compositions by adding pastel backgrounds.

Elementary Grade 2 September 27- Oct. 1

Grade two students have finished their flower compositions and are starting a study of capterpillars. They are exploring different ways of drawing caterpillars and their environments. Next they will make bubble prints and cut and paste them into a mixed media composition.

Elementary Grade 5 September 20-24

Fifth Grader are working on their Architectural collage. They are adding details of doors and windows and other architectural elements, using cut paper. They will add the last details with permanent pen.

Elementary Grade 4 September 20-24

Grade four students are putting the finishing touches on their architectural "folly".

Next they will begin studying fish shapes and designs in preparation for making their 3D tropical fish to hang in the Library "coral reef". Get ready to get messy!

Elementary Grade 3 September 20-24

Third graders looked at still life compositions by master arts. The compositions all had vases full of flowers. They have used symmetry to make their vases and then they used the "inside out" technique to draw a variety of flower shapes. Now they are adding leaves, stems and designs on their vases.

Next they will use their water color skills to add color to their sharpee pen drawing.

Elementary Grade 2 September 20-24

Students are busy completing their flower compositions. They worked from the "inside out", starting from the center of the flower and going "out". Now they are adding leaves and stems making connections and filling their picture plane.

Next they will make bubble prints and use them in a composition.

Elementary Grades 4 and 5 September 6-10

Shapes in Architecture

Students will continue their study of shapes in architecture. They will use painted papers and the concept of symmetry to design their own buildings.

Elementary Grades 2 and 3 September 6-10

Seeing Shapes in Shapes

Students will continue to look for shapes in other shapes and draw a complex still life of flowers. they will use permanent sharpee markers and colored markers.