Mittens that Match

1st graders traced a mitten shape and then designed, colored, and cut out their mitten.  Then they had to make another one that matched!

 

Ornaments on a Pine Branch

5th graders used watercolors to paint three ornaments showing analogous colors.  They then used oil pastels to draw three pine branches using different values of green for the needles.

 

Holiday Stockings

To help decorate the walls for their Winter Music Concert, 4th grade students designed, colored, and cut out Holiday Stockings.

Hawaiian Shirts

2nd graders have been practicing for their Winter Music Concert and will be singing a Hawaiian song about the holidays.  To help collaborate, students created Hawaiian Shirts with Flower Leis during art.  First students choose their shirt color and then stamped white paint using a flower stencil design.  Once dry, they cut out the shirt shapes and assembled adding trim and collar pieces.  To complete the look, students thread paper flowers onto yarn to hang as leis over their shirts. 

 

 

Stamped Snowmen

1st grade students stamped white paint onto blue construction paper to create a snowman shape on top of a pile of snow.  Then once dry, students glued on hats and arms, and then drew additional features using markers.

 

 

 

Elf Legs - Symmetry

3rd graders designed symmetrical Elf Legs using markers and crayons.  Glitter was added at the end to enhance their artwork... and its fun!

 

 

 

Oil Pastel Snowmen

4th grade students demonstrated shading by identifying the highlight and shadow areas of their snowman based off the direction of the light source.  This also helped students create the illusion of space by giving dimension to their artwork.

 

Model Magic Bears

5th grade students created Holiday Bears by first coloring and then molding model magic to create a bear form.  Then students drew and colored a rough draft of what their Holiday Bear would look like when complete.  Finally students colored and molded addition pieces of white model magic, based off their rough draft, to create such things as hats, gifts, or candy canes to add to their sculptured bear.

 

 

 

Winter Trees

Kindergartners first stamp painted green construction paper, then cut out triangle shapes and glued them onto a blue and white background paper.  To complete their project, students then used white paint to add falling snow.

 

 

 

Full Moon

5th grade students were discussing the phases of the moon in science class, so in art they painted a full moon with a value scale background.  Then students twisted and glued down pieces of brown paper towel to create a tree.  To complete their project, students added the silhouette of an animal on a branch.

 

Fall Art

4th grade students drew a background separated into five sections with images and words describing the Fall season.  Students then outlined their drawings and used watercolors to paint in each section.  Students also drew and painted a harvest pumpkin to complete their project.