The Art Room in April

Well things have been nusy as usual in the Art room. We recently had our last parent teacher meeting and an extensive display of projects.  If you missed our Art display, here are some that didn't place but I thought were very strong pieces. You can tell these students were working hard on these posters and I am surprised that some of these didn't place as well. Oh well 7 out of 12 is pretty great, but the following are some of my personal pics.

I love the hand drawings here! 

The color mixing was interesting here.

This was different and a lot of work, love the textures used here.

The drawing here is so lovely especially considering this is 2nd grade work. I also really LOVE the expression used! This is exceptional.

I think the only reason this didn't place must be that some pieces came off in transit. I just love the detail work and the animals in the scene, I also love to see that the work is the students own personal work! 

This is another nice drawing very nice work!!

Students are working hard for an Art gallery show of their work next week at Go Van Gogh Studios in Lake Park. 

There is much to be done before the big show, I will also be showing Art along with the students. Pictures will be posted next week on the show!

Today 5th Grade discovered music and moods we talked about the mood of line and color and using the two to convey the mood of the music on paper.

 We started with Dvorak's New world Symphony and completed one piece with the influence of the piece. This student immediately almost naturally caught on quickly. 

Students then had the chance to view peer work and interpretations of Art. 

The next piece was a completely different lighter feel. I played the familiar Blue Danube waltz by London Philharmonic.

The students were able to convey a very different lighter style when hearing the waltz. Below you can see the cooler colors and very light feeling when the Waltz was played.

It was amazing to see the effects of the music on the students and the Art. I am always interested to see which projects the students gravitate toward and am often surprised to find the variety of strengths depending on media subject, etc...