Forty Dot Monsters

We had a lot of fun recently making "40 Dot Monsters". The children made 4o random dots on their paper and connected them. After they connected the dots they added details, patterns, and anything else they wanted to make it into a monster. It was a really easy, fun project to do. The results were great. Here are a few of the third grade results.

Frogs, Frogs, Frogs......

Third grade filled the hallway with frogs, frogs and more frogs.... Everyone loves the frogs!

Starbursts

The starbursts recently made by fourth grade was a fun activity using crayons and watercolor.

Pandas

Second Grade recently did watercolor paintings of Panda Bears. Second Grade studies China in their classrooms.

Falling for Foreshortening....

The fifth grade did this project
a few months back...
lots of fun and they turned out great!

Oh Happy Day!

Greetings,
Sorry for the long absence... Unfortunately I couldn't get to the blog any longer at school. I had made several requests and never was able to get the blog with the photos. Recent changes have made it possible for me to access it so I'm going to get back to regular postings. I have many photos of the great things the children have been doing the past few months to add.
Thanks for your patience,
Ms. Mellott

Fruit/Vegetable Self Portrait

These were done by third grade.

End of the Nine Weeks

Wow, its hard to believe we are at the end of the first nine weeks already. I can't believe it. Time flies when you are having fun! :) We are rolling right along in the art room. Fifth grade is putting the finishing touches on their clay mugs. I will post some pictures in a few weeks after they are glazed and finished. The fourth grade is working on a "phases of the moon" project that correlates with their classroom studies. Second grade is working on Native American shields, also correlating with the classroom. We did a little sewing on them this past week. We will be adding beads and feathers this week. Kindergarten made clay pinch pots last week. Third grade is working on a drawing, emphasizing the skill of overlapping. First grade made origami owls emphasizing art motor skills. I'll post photos of some of the projects later in the week. Hope you are enjoying the blog!

Spider/Web

A few of the kindergarten classes painted spider webs this week. One class had time to also construct three dimensional spiders. We used Crayola model magic. They were adorable... wish we wouldn't have used the white pipe cleaners though. It makes it tough to see on the web.

FYI: If you click on any of the photos you will get a larger image.

Line

Okay, its been a little while since I updated. The fifth grade clay projects are coming along great. I can't wait to post some photos of the finished mugs. This week first grade was doing a line project. The objective was to utilize many varieties of lines. Many of the students decided to put their lines on a pumpkin because of the time of year. I've posted a few of the students line projects.