Draw Your own Cartoon Face

Triniti, now you will have something new to comment about for sure ;-)
Artwork by Gabrieal
Artwork by Ellusion
Artwork by Janeia, Joseph, Triniti and Lorraine

http://drawsketch.about.com/od/cartooning/ss/drawcartoonfaces.htm

Free Paint, No Restraint

The art club students were given a chance to paint whatever their creative minds came up with.
Artwork by Janeia
Artwork by Joseph
Artwork by Breanna
Artwork by Kennedie

Artwork by Jermaine shown above
Jermaine's painting reminded me a little of Jackson Pollock, a famous artist who liked to splatter paint.

Artwork by Jackson Pollock

Cookie Cutter Clay Ornaments

The lower graders got their hands messy making their clay ornaments. They mixed 2 cups of flour, with one cup salt and one cup water, and ta-da, they made clay. You probably have the ingredients in your cupboard right now.
It is easy! After you make the clay, pat it down flat and use a cookie cutter to make the shape. Use a straw to point a hole at the top. Set aside to dry for a week.
Artwork by Aniyah
Artwork by Damari
Artwork by Akilah and Janeia (Art Club students also made clay- Akilah used a fork on her gingerbread man and Janeia decided not to use the cookie cutters and sculpted the thumbs up, reindeer and that little bow!)
Makayla made great texture on her ornaments! (texture= look and feel of the fork markings)

Next paint and add fun stuff.

Set aside to dry for a day.
Two on the Left by De'yannah, Kiara did the bell and Chyna did the bear, nice work!
Artwork by Tatianna

Finally, add a ribbon to hang your ornament.
Artwork by Asjah
Artwork by Aniya- scroll up to see what Aniya's ornaments looked before being painted.

Cozy Klimt Quilts

Gustav Klimt is a famous painter who loved to use lines and shapes to make patterns. He also loved to use gold. So, Art Club looked at his paintings and learned from him.

Artwork by Klimt


Art Club practices making patterns by drawing someone bundled up in many brightly patterned quilts.

Artwork by Damien
Artwork by Janeia, Chyna, Kayla, Robert
Artwork by Akilah, Merelyn, Trevius, Joseph, Jermaine

**Remember, you can click on the image to enlarge it and see more details.

Day of Dead Dance

Day of the Dead,November 2nd, is a popular celebration in Mexico. Families and friends gather together to remember loved ones who have passed away. The celebrations are upbeat and colorful because they are in remembrance of the happy and funny times shared between the deceased.


The 3rd grade decorated skeleton bones and the 5th graders made the paper flowers for the hats, and together it made our dancing Day of the Dead creation. The 3rd graders did a great job of using all the different lines we learned about earlier in the year to make interesting designs. Flowers and swirly lines are the two most common Day of the Dead skeleton designs.
Decorated Upper Arm by Jermaine, Davion and Earl...Oh science connection, the 3rd graders learned upper and lower arm, thigh, calf, skull, ribcage, and other anatomy words :-)
Artwork by 3rd and 5th graders, and special thanks to Art Club for putting the skeletons together.

Chyna is posing in front of the skeletons, I covered her face because I still need to get photo release forms...believe it or not she is not wearing a mask, I am just good with Photoshop :-)

Meet Matisse

Art Club practiced mixing their primary colors and made a color wheel. Using the six colors from their color wheel, they did their own version of Matisse's Madame, also called the "Green Line".
"Green Line" by Matisse
Color Wheel by Janeia
Artwork by Joseph
Artwork by Janeia
Artwork by Sanbonnice
The eighth grade is also studying Matisse, but they studied his famous cutouts. They used primary colors, figures, and again positive/negative space!
Matisse
Artwork by Terron
Artwork by Channa
Artwork by Malik and Bobby
Artist unknown...they did a great job, but they forgot the most important step, step #1= WRITE YOUR NAME

Get to Know Van Gogh

The Art Club studied the detailed sky from Van Gogh's "Starry Night". Their projects are swirly like his! I love their interpretations of Van Gogh's sky!

Artwork by Kenmari
Artwork by Sanbonnice
Artwork by Akilah
Artwork by Jakobe

The lower grades studied Van Gogh's "Sunflowers".
Artwork by VanGogh
Artwork by Joseph

Artwork by Cierra
Artwork by Timothy
Artwork by Alex

Artwork by Trevius

Everyone has remembered Vincent Van Gogh's name...to help, we think "not car, but VAN...not stop, but GO! :-) With both projects they used glitter glue to make the texture that is one of Van Gogh's trademarks.