Wednesday, October 23, 2013

October


Mrs. Powers: 1st Grade Fall Trees with Leaf Prints
Key Objectives: drawing and shading trees trunks and branches from light to dark to show shape and form, printing with rubber leaves thinking about how to place them to make an interesting composition
Materials: pencil, crayons, rubber leaves, printing ink, brayers



Kindergarten Abstract sculptures
Key Objectives: Sculpting our model magic into a sphere shape by rolling in circles, drawing different line types then shaping wire into different lines, discussing the concept of 3-D art forms and abstract art
Materials: paper, pencil, markers, model magic, twisteez wires




Kindergarten Owls
Key Objectives: learn basic shapes to draw an owl-oval, circles, triangles and pointed talons, blending with oil pastels, texture (torn paper for feathers)
Materials: gray paper, pencil, oil pastels, glue stick, paper










  Kindergarten Name Collage

Key Objectives: learning letters of name by tracing, collage, pattern recognition and implementation
Materials: white paper, multicolored construction paper, black marker, glue stick, crayons
























 Kindergarten Tree Sculputures
Key Objectives: cutting,  sculpting paper using our hands and fingers to bend and twist and shape a 3-D artform
Materials: scissors, brown paper bag, pencil, tissue paper, glue





Kindergarten Pineapples!!
Key Objectives: observing and drawing basic shapes of a pineapple - oval, pointed leaves, diagonal lines, cool color shadows, highlights and shadows
Materials: white paper, pencil, blue, purple and green marker, crayons, tempera cakes




 Indian Corn - Maize
 Key Objectives: shaping and cutting oval paper, repeating circle shapes for corn, highlight, shadow, using water colors in small spaces - small amount of water=juicier color

Materials: yellow construction paper, pencil, white oil pastel, black crayon, watercolors, tissue paper

Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Holliston Mill Open Studios!! This weekend!

Calling the community!!!!  This weekend, October 26th and 27th from 10-4pm, there will be an art show!  This display will have many local artists on display.  It will include some of our very own students as well as art teachers.  It is going to be a wonderful showing of talent and creativity.  Please stop in if you have some free time. 

The address of the Holliston Mill is 24 Water Street in Holliston.  The website is www.hollistonmill.com

I will personally be there on Sunday the 27th from 12-2.  Maybe I will see you there!