Back to Drawing!! Grades 1-5

We are back in school! Our first project was decorating the cover to our sketchbook. This year's group colors are orange, purple and green. Every class had the same guidelines of wavy line in middle, box on the wavy line, sun by their name as well of a zig-zag line, spirals and other shapes. Even with the same guidelines, everyone's unique style shined through!!
On the back side they had option of free draw and writing their name in different styles. Here are some of my favorites:

Sketchbook Covers by Avionne, Caiya, Sereniti, and Jaren
Sketchbook Covers by Kamaree and Carson
Sketchbook Covers by Jherrone and Marion
Free Draws by Joseph and Andre
Sketchbook Covers and Free Draws by James, Noah, Bianca, and Mikayla
Sketchbook Covers by Marquis, ChynaC
Sketchbook Covers by Shaionta and Amillion

Drawing is Easy as ABC (3rd and 4th Grade)

The 2nd-4th graders turned their favorite Quick Draw into a painting. Their Quick Draws for past 2 months have been turning letters into drawings. Try to find the letter they used in the paintings below.

Kayla H did the letter "F". She painted both sides of the paper, front side and back side of the girl! I will have to hang it on a string so that both sides can be seen.


Amari used the letter "K"

Timothy used the letter "U"
Derrick used the letter "O"
Shaionta used the letter "B"

Marquis used the letter "E"Kayla W used the letter "K"

I forget who did the two mice below! I will get back to you on artist name. Kori? Lamya?

XOX Fish Kiss XOX

Happy Valentine's Day! 3rd Graders made fishes out of Hearts. (for details see previous post)

Artwork by Damari
Artwork by Emonie
Artwork by Marquis
Artwork by Desiree
Artwork by Kashariya
Montala's fish is jumping out of the water!
Artwork by Brian

Scratch Art Heart

After overcoming many obstacles we finished our scratch art. For anyone planning on doing this, I saw a tip online to add dish soap to black paint to avoid the chipping. The chipping was frustrating for many students, but regardless there were many successes.

Artwork by Kayla, Shaionta
Artwork by Marquis
Artwork by Damari
Artwork by Cierra
Artwork by Amiri

Masai Tribe: Never lets the tradition die.

3rd-5th graders learned about the Masai tribe while creating these colorful collages.
The Masai people of Kenya and northern Tanzania adorn themselves with "Shukas", the sheets wrapped around their bodies. These are often in bold colors with stripes and plaid. Since we are studying color, we put are “Shukas” in order of the rainbow (ROYGBP).
We used different types of lines to make the stripes and the decorative cloth. We added necklaces and earring on our Masai people, since they are very popular in their culture.
Some of our people might be jumping because Masai warriors are well known for their competitive jumping. Another fun fact about the Masai tribe is that they drink cow blood during celebrations and as nourishment for the sick.
*Click on image for a close up!
Artwork by Montala and Chyna H
Artwork by Eryn
Artwork by Kori
Artwork by Marquis and Damari
Artwork by Kayla and Brian
Artwork by Indiya and DaMarques
Artwork by Kiara L, Mark

Congradulations to First Quarter Art Stars :-)

Everyone has amazed me with your creativity but some students have showed extra effort in following the rules and trying their best on their artwork. So, thank you to all the students who earned being Art Star for the First Marking Period.

The First Quarter Art Stars are as follows:
Room 101: Tiana, Room 402: Aaliyah, Room 403: Stephen, Room 202: Kanye, Room207: Mia, Room 201: Marquis, Room 206: Timothy, Room 208: Jermaine, Room 106: Demarlo, Room108: Akilah, Room302: Gregory, Room301: Janeia, Room307: Heaven, Room 306: Demesha, Room 308: Dominique

I want to give a special thanks to Janeia who earned the #1 Art Star for the 1st Quarter. As you have probably noticed, she has worked above and beyond on all her art projects. She has also had perfect attendance to Art Club! Below is the color wheel she did in preparation for her Madame Matisse and her radial name design.

Not So Scary Scarecrows

The second graders made scarecrows using geometric shapes. As always the students put their own style into the same basic instructions. I had a few buttons, but only enough for one per student. The next day I found 2 huge jars of buttons, of course! Next year we will use the buttons, hay, clothe, and make scarecrows version2.0 :-)


Artwork by Robert
Artwork by Willie

Artwork by Marquis