Kandinsky: Student Work

This is a lesson I never get tired of.  I know it is a staple with most art educators and why not....the results are always stunning!

This is what Grade 1 accomplished today.

Art Gala Night

Tonight was Art Gala night at a school I recently completed an art residency at...it always amazing to see the work all nicely displayed. Kudos to all the hard work by the teachers!

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These papier mache sculptures were done by Grade 4/5.  I love the stories they wrote to go along with them...great presentation.

This class also did glue resist Ted Harrison landscapes.






and Dreamcatchers.

This is from the another Grade 4/5 class.  They also made papier mache sculptures as well as First Nation inspired landscapes.

We also did pastel resist animal portraits.

This grade 4/5 class did papier mache masks, the sketches we used for planning were also displayed.





They also made glue batik animal banners......

Fabric markers were used to add fine lines for definition.

This class also made woven eye animals as well.

Grade 2 made nautical canvases which I have showed you before but I love the presentation here with the details of the unit they studied in science.

Grade 1 displayed their Koinobori and pastel resist butterflies.

Further down the hall was their city skylines.

That was all the photos that turned out for me, school lighting is always tough.  Great job everyone!

I also wanted to show you some photos sent to me by Gina S. a Grade 3 teacher from Aurora Ontario of her school's recent Art Gala.

Love the addition of tissue paper blossoms on these Spring Trees for that 3D effect.

Here they displayed their woven trees hanging down the halls.

Thanks Gina for sending me the pictures!  I always love seeing the application of the projects.  Your students should be very proud.

See you soon.

Merry Christmas Everyone!

So it's been a busy 2 weeks but today is the last day of school.


Here are the Pastel Resist Madonnas Grade 3 made.

Grade 2 did the Family Snowman portraits on canvas.  I can't show you those because of all the last names.  Grade 5 did their own version in clay.  I can show you a couple as the names are harder to read.

Last week the kiln began having thermostat problems....big headache!, but we were able to rescue our projects.  Luckily all the bisque fires had been done. 

Grade 6 ended up painting their Poinsettias with acrylic instead of glazing and I think they turned out great!

Grade 1 made their Angel plates.

I don't have a picture of the Nativity Plates by Kindergarten but they turned out great.  We modified the design a bit, just going with the Baby Jesus in his cradle with lots of stars.  It was easier for them to construct and very successful.

Grade 3 made wooden Christmas houses that are based on a house idea I presented at the last ECEC session.

I'll post the full tutorial for you in January.  Again a big success!

I hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas and all the best in the New Year!

I am off across the pond and my next post to you will be from London.  I hope to share some of my photos with you during the holidays.

Take care everyone.

Parent / Teacher Interviews

Scrambling to get all the displays up this morning...ready for Parent / Teacher interviews this evening.

I thought I'd give you a look at some of the creations.

Here are the March Lions that Grade 2 completed.

Stupendous work Grade 2!!!

....and here is this year's crop of paper mache Penguins by Grade 1.

another terrific project!!

That's all for now.

Student Work

Grade 1 is just finishing up the Penguin unit.

Here are the Penguin prints they made.

We have made these potato prints for the last 3 years and they always turn out quite nicely.

This year instead or using orange paint for the beaks and feet we cut them out of orange paper.  I think this was more successful.

If you would like to try this with your crew the full directions can be found in this post.

I also must post these incredible "In the style of Ted Harrison" pastels that the Grade 3's completed.

The kids used oil pastels trying to keep the wonderful line design typical of Ted Harrison as well as the intense color.

I covered Ted Harrison in a previous post 2 weeks ago.

Terrific job Grade 3!!