Bendy People

Here are some of the products of the wire sculpting lesson. These were all done by second graders. This was their first experience bending wire and their efforts resulted in charming characters.
In order by:
Kierstyn
Scot
Karly

Arcimboldo Organic People

The top image is of the lesson guide I used to teach my fourth grade students about Giuseppe Arcimboldo and how to create organic people from images found in seed and plant catalogs. Additionally, I had an article about Arcimboldo and a book devoted to the artist and his work.
I told students that Arcimboldo is sometimes called the "Grandfather of Surrealism." I explained that surrealism might be described as a meshing of realism and fantasy or dream images.
The bottom image is of the resulting work done by my student Cody Tule, who created this organic man out with an energy that could only be contributed to artistic inspiration.

Lelani

My fourth grade student Lelani Brown brought in a few of her drawings. They show remarkable talent and nostalgia, I think.

Bent

This is the teaching guide to wire sculpting with second and third graders. Each body part starts with a circle. Once they know the basic skills of creating and attaching the circles together, they are able to get creative.
The students' work is incomplete at this time, but what I am seeing so far is cute and remarkable. Keep visiting for updates.

Family Trees

By Daelyn in First Grade

By Brady in First Grade

By Olivia in Kindergarten


By Sarah in DK
Steps in making a family tree:
1. Draw and color family members
2. Cut out heads and write names on back
3. Glue tooth picks to heads
4. Cut out leaves and glue tooth picks to back
5. Paint base, foam ball, and tube
6. Assemble tree
7. Stick heads and leaves into foam ball
WHEW!
AWWWWWW!

Second Grade Etching

This beautiful crayon etching of "Red Birds" was done by second grader Garrett Jones.

Root Veggies and Tubers

In science we will be looking at how science and art can be incorporated. I read the book the Little Gardeners to the students. Then we drew out some root vegetables and potatoes. Students then painted the pictures with water colors. When the picture was dry they then labeled the veggies. The assignment had "roots" in both art and science.
These two paintings were created by students in Mrs. Elliott's first grade class.

Etching

Grades second - fourth spent December working on crayon etchings. The methods and materials are "simple." Draw a design and color it thickly, with crayons,onto heavy white paper.
When all the paper is covered in waxy crayon, paint over the picture with a thin coat of black paint mixed with some liquid dish soap. When the paint is dry carefully scrap it off using a push pin. The scratch marks should bring texture and interest to the image.
Second and third graders were encouraged to draw a picture that told a story. The fourth graders' assignment was more challenging. They drew a perspective landscape.
This was their first experience using perspective and the results were very nice.
I hung the pictures in the window to illuminate the images.

ICONS

The third graders did some metal tooling and created icons inspired by artifacts found in Central America. Students designed their own iconic figure, then traced over their designs into heavy metal craft foil. The figures were then cut out (no easy task) and hot glued onto a base. The originality of the figures are what make these guys special. No two are alike, and each has its own personality.