Maya, Aztec, and Inca cultures were studies in fifth grade social studies. In the art room the students learned about the Huichol Indians who are decendents of the Aztec. Nearikas or yarn paintings are made by the Huichol Indians. Students made nearikas using yarn on cardboard.

K/1 students learned about Primary and Secondary colors. They created a 'color wheel' caterpillar using this new information.

In third grade, we talked about Georgia O'Keeffe's 'Radiator Building, Night, New York'. We also looked at other art works of cities at night. We talked about the shapes of the tops of different city buildings. The final project was a 'City Nightscape' made from construction paper.

Fourth grade students created Modigliani style portraits in November. Modigliani used elongated heads,  noses, and necks.

 "Tar Beach" by Faith Ringgold was read by K/1 students. We talked about the quilt that Faith Ringgold made to go with the story. Students then decorated squares of paper with designs and patterns which they glued down to create a border for a paper story quilt.

Students finished their paper quilts by drawing a picture of themselves with their family doing something they like to do together.

Third grade students learned about Wayne Thiebaud and his paintings of sweets. The students learned about drawing cakes and used oil pastels to color their cakes.

Fourth grade students learned about Dia de las Muertos, Day of the Dead. The drew and colored sugar skulls. Their next class period they learned about about drawing faces in proper proportion. Their next assignment will be learning about Modigliani and drawing faces in his style.

 Fourth graders created radial name designs using a warm/cool color scheme.

Fifth Grade students created illuminated letters using the first letter of their first name. They wrote a paragraph about themselves to accompany their name.

Second grade students learned about Marc Chagall and multiple points of view. They have drawn their own pictures using multiple points of view and are using crayons to color them in. There is lots of creative thinking happening in these pictures.

In early October second grade students completed a self-portrait with shadow. They looked wonderful displayed together in the stairway.

 Second Grade Students read a Little Miss Spider book and practiced drawing spider webs. The students then drew a spider web on red construction paper. (The artworks in the Little Miss Spider books have lots of bright colors.) I then used black glue to go over the spider webs on the red paper. The next class period the second grade students free cut shapes and glued them together to create their own Little Miss Spider.

Third grade students also drew Dali-style elephants.