Plenty of Pumpkins!

Who knew that the 4th and 5th graders could create such a range of different pumpkins!?!
Artwork by Eric and Kayla
Artwork by Avionne and Jamari
Artwork by Jaron and Lakeau
Artwork by Diamond and Desiree
Artwork by Sereniti and Tysean
Artwork by Ryshaun and Amiri

REAL CLAY!!

Since, we do not have a kiln (oven that cooks the clay) at our school, we have not had the pleasure of working with real ceramic clay until this spring. ArtReach, a program with Lill Street, came to show us how to make art with clay. They fired the clay in their kiln at their very large studio on the north-side Ravenswood neighborhood.

3rd and 4th graders were rewarded with this lesson because of their excellent behavior. First they designed their fish/sea creature on paper. Next they learned how to work with the clay, and finally they made their clay sea creature!
Eryn plays with the clay
Kori's jellyfish
Ryshaun's Octopus
Jamari's crab
Bria's starfish
Sereniti's fish
Emonie's fish

Busy Busy Bees!!

I have not posted any artwork in a while. This is what I have been busy doing.
ART CLUB!! Thanks to my art club helpers who came Mon-Thurs (sometimes even Fridays, they couldn't get enough art club ;-)) to help out with the art room and work on their art projects.
Art Star Celebrities taking pictures on the Red Carpet at Fernwood's HipHop Award Ceremony. I blurred faces because some students have not turned in photo permission forms.
Mosaic Part One: Gluing all the pieces down, and getting hands dirty with Liquid Nails. For future reference, wear gloves while using liquid nails. But if you are like me and get liquid nails stuck on your hands, use nail polish remover to get it off. I discovered that after a couple days of dirty looking hands.

Mosaic Part Two: Grouting! Very fun to feel the mushhhhy grout. But if you are concerned about your carpet, you might want to lay down a blanket! Whoops.

Tessellation Fascination (4th Grade)

Artwork by Shamia

Artwork by Cierra
Artwork by Jada
Artwork by Netonya
Artwork by Alexzandria
Artwork by Brianna
Artwork by Yahdiah
Artwork by Jakobe
Artwork by Jamari
Artwork by Aberiyanna

Hold My Hand

To prepare ourselves for the Michael Jackson concert that came to Fernwood, every class make their own Michael Jackson glove. We put fun facts and lyrics on the back side of the glove. I saw this music video celebrating Michael Jackson, check it out: Hold My Hand Video

Artwork by Brianna, Jeremie, Fahrenheit

Artwork by Rynesha
Click to see up-close!
Artwork by Yahzyah and Lakeua
Artwork by Alaina
Artwork by Jamari and Yahdiah

Artwork by Jakobe and Alexzandria

Clay from Today

What color do you get if you mix blue and yellow? How about yellow and red? Red and blue? Check out the 4th graders clay artwork for some hints!

Snakes by Jamari
Animals by Jeremie
Truck by Contrail
Person by Jakobe (uh oh, he made brown because he mixed all 3 colors!)

Name by Yahdiah

Ice cream by Brianna
Artwork by Marvin
Earth by Juavonte
Saturn by Alex

1st Quarter Art Stars! :-)

Congratulations to my 1st Quarter Art Stars! As always, I chose students who set a great example to their classmates with good behavior and hard work! Room 403- Jada, 402-Myles, 207-Mikayla, 206-Darius, 208-Kayla, 106-Michiaya, 108-Yuzerick, 308-Michael, 307-Deona, 306-Chante.

I never posted my 4th Quarter Stars from last year, so better late than never!! Sorry for the delay!
402-Keyuan, 207-Briannah, 208-Damari, 106-Jamari, 108-Brianna, 308-Kiara W, 307-Chloe, 306-Walter