Banks, Vail and Hollander Mural Work

 Below are houses done by Ms Banks classroom

 These houses are by Ms. Vail's class.  I remember Briannah did the yellow one

 More houses done by Vail's class...I remember Iyana did the blue one and Autumn's is the far green one.

 Alexandria is the Purple one, Orange one of Bria's...

 The striped house is Tyeana, the rest I forget, help me out!! I should have posted these right away.

Library Winners

Shannon, director from Woodson Library came to choose the best artworks from this year to be on display at the library. Congrats to the artists she chose. Some of the winners are below:
Antonio

Arthur

Brianna

Kamaree

Chloe

Deja

Destiny

Dylan

Briana V and Iyana

Katherine

Kayla

Kenya

Makya

Mark

Mikayla

Nia

Shakeyah

Shaionta

Tysean

Zyshon

CATS! Gesture Painting

Sitting, standing, lying. Small, medium, large. Sunbathing, playing, stretching. Art is fun. Meooow.
Artwork by Iyana
Artwork by Kayla
Artwork by Autumn
Artwork by Edyn

3rd Graders' Chill Suns

While studying different types of lines, students made radial sun designs that in some cases turned out looking more like flowers! They were asked to use at least two different types of lines and one shape in their design. There were no guidelines with colors some students used "cool" colors. (see below for more info on warm/cool colors). Many students also choose to give their sun shades. That is why I called them "cool suns". It is very appropriate because when we started the project, it felt like 100 degrees out. A couple weeks later when we finished, the weather had quickly cooled to the 60s. It was a very sudden summer to fall this year!

Ebony gave her sun design a pretty curtain. I love her spiral lines.
Artwork by Heaven
Artwork by Briannah
Artwork by Andre
Very Cool Sun by Autumn
Mischievous-looking sun by Iyana
Below is a photo of me as a chubby baby with my dad, one with warmer colors and one with cooler colors. Which one looks like its a more warm day? Which one looks like a cooler day? Warm colors (reds, oranges, yellows) make things appear more warm! Cool colors (blues, greens, purples) make things appear cooler. Can you see the difference?

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.

Photo Permission Slips

I finally got a list of students who turned in their photo permission slips. This means I can post pictures of everyone making artwork during class too. I can also link your artwork to your picture. Here are some students who always give 100% effort during art class. It shows, because their artwork has been chosen to be posted more than once and I only pick my favorite 5 or 6 pieces from each project to post. Of course, they also turned in their photo form. Click on their name to see some of their artwork.
Briannah
Iyana
Willie
Lashamere
Brianna already has TEN postings!!
Chante
Demetrius
Kiara R
Damarion
Asjah