Students built a sculpture based on an art career of their choice.  They used the computer lab to research the basic aspects of the job and used this knowledge to create a visual explanation of their career. 

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After a brief history of illustration students used watercolor to illustrate their own fantasy world.  First they got a little practice by illustrating a scene from Hansel and Gretel, the students really enjoyed seeing each other’s different visual interpretations of the story. 

Fifth grade talked about the different environmental problems we face today and how they can help be a part of the solution.  The students brainstormed several ways they could “go green” and picked one to turn into a painting, there was a catch though, the students could only use the values of green to create their masterpieces!

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Students created abstract animal drawings based on an endangered species of their choice.  The drawings were done on cardboard and then traced over with glue to create a print block.  After a day of printing the students used oil pastel to turn their print blocks into an artwork of their own.

Third Grade students learned where clay comes from and how it is taken from the ground and turned into ceramics.  The students built pots using the coil method and later used them to plant flowers in. 

Second grade students worked together to create habitat murals after viewing and discussing several murals found around the area.  Each class was split into four groups and were responsible for building their landscapes out of scrap paper.  They also drew the animals that would be found in their habitat after a group brainstorming session.

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First Grade students created nonobjective artworks inspired by nature.  First they painted different types of lines, then using marker, they added patterns inspired by nature to the negative space.  Last but not least they used crayon to color in all the left over white space to create their very own nonobjective masterpiece!

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