5th grade value study on snow people.

We did a quick one day lesson to celebrate the winter solstice season.  Students learned about shading a sphere using value.

4th grade collaborative Solar Systems

4th graders worked on a collaborative art project to create their own solar system.   This system could be real or imaginary.  Students were introduced to shading a form and sphere and also wet on wet watercolor techniques. They used oil pastel, colored pencil, watercolor paint and tempera paint to complete their projects.

2nd grade Cardboard Challenge

We began this unit reading Barney Saltzberg's wonderful and inspiring book, Beautiful Oops!  Students love this book and are constantly amazed at how the author turns rips, spills, and tears into new creations!   Before reading the book, each student was prompted to make a "mistake" on their paper.  After reading and discussing the book, students were given someone else's "oops" and had the challenge to turn it into something new!

This was a springboard for our final project, in which students created a painting inspired by a scrap of cardboard.  Each student began with a scrap of cardboard, brainstormed ideas, and used tempera paint to complete their ideas.  Students experimented with color mixing and using various brushes.   Pretty cool how the kids used their imagination and creativity to transform what would be considered trash to most into a beautiful work of art.

4th grade Endangered Species

Each child chose an endangered animal to research and use for this art project.  Students started with sketches and completed their final piece using their choice of medium color.

3rd grade transparent landscapes

1st grade Mad Science Artists!

First graders learned the difference between a form and a shape.  They learned how to turn a shape into a form.  Geometric shapes become geometric forms. Circles become spheres, triangles become cones, pyramids or triangular prisms.  We used observation to draw various science beakers.  We talked about  transparent and translucent.  I added the color-mixing/wet-on-wet painting portion to add more science to the mix. Students drew lines for their liquid which we then filled in with secondary colors learning to mix the primary colors.  The next part of the project involved creating bubbles for our backgrounds using chalk pastel.  I found this project idea online, the kids did a great job.  This was more of a lesson on skill and technique (observational drawing, color mixing, and watercolor paints) rather than creativity

3rd Grade Pet Portraits

3rd grade drew from observation and colored pencil and/or  watercolors to draw and paint their pets.

Come visit Ms. Jessica's and see her art during Boulder's Open Studios!

I will be participating in Boulder's Open Studios please come visit my studio which will be located at:

Studio #67

1510 Zamia #102, Boulder, CO 80304

 

The Open Studios Tour takes place the first 2 weekends of October annually and opens the doors of over 100 Boulder artists to the public. The community and visitors are invited to enjoy the spaces where artists create, learn a bit about their creative process and support the local creative community by purchasing art directly from the artist.

Tour:

Oct. 1-2 & 8-9, 12pm - 6pm

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Preview Exhibit Reception:

Sept. 30, 6pm - 8pm

Canyon Gallery at the Boulder Public Library

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For more information visit  http://www.openstudios.org/

Back to School!!!

I always like to start off the year doing a school wide project or installation.  This year we read/listened to the book, The Dot, by Peter Reynolds to all students. It is a simple, witty story with free-spirited illustrations. This book entices all students to create by simply making a mark - and follow where it takes them. That one little dot marks the beginning of the main character's journey of surprise and self-discovery.   The Dot is about the creative spirit in all of us. Each student at CVE created a dot using their choice of materials.  It is amazing to see the uniqueness of each dot which reflects the individuality of all our students at Crest View.

5th Grade Claymation Videos!

The students did an amaizing job trying to complete these animation videos before the end of the school year.  I am very proud of the work they do in such a short amount of time.  Unfortunately my students only have art once a week for 50 minutes.  Good luck to all the graduating Crest View 5th Graders! I will miss working with you please come visit!

Boykoff's Claymation Movies!

 FROGZILLA

Created by: Juan, Jonathan, Jazmine, Angel,& Chelsea

SAVE THE HOTDOG

Created by: Ava, Sophia, Anthony, Owen & Mak

EIFFEL TOWER COLLAPSE
Created by: Addisu, Milan, Cece, Jesus, Camila

FAT ALBERT VS. PANCAKES
 Created by:  Lydia, Tomas, Noah, Will, Talulah

TACO DOG

Created by:  Cameron, Gigi, Ryan, Wyatt, & Suzanna

4th grade Faux-dermy

Students combined their interest and love of all things animal, Star Wars, mythical creatures to create  paper mache animal head trophies. The project challenged students to sketch 2D versions of their chosen animals or creature, then transform them into 3D forms.. We used only found objects and recycled materials to make this eco-friendly art work. 

Shea-Bower's Stray Sock Sculptures

The Broken Bunny

By Matthew Schuler

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I am the majestic Broken Bunny  was once a normal happy bunny.  StroowBeeryApple is my deformed brother. He bought me a super hero cape. Some mad scientist experimented on him. I was also experimented on.  I got super powers except I got some surgery.  StrooBeeryApple Got physical deformities. We now fight crime better than Batman. There is now no more crime in MURICA! We are officially the worst looking superheros ever. I may be broken but I'm still beautiful

  

My sock is a squid wearing a hat with large colorful eyes a weird moth and a beard he looks like he would like 90s😜 music.♭♯᭡᭩𝆕𝆕𝆕𝆕𝆕ጨ He would be one of the cool deep sea🌊 squid😠.😎😎😎😎😎

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😆💣

❤😈😇

Sam Shoffner

My Animal

By Makenna Ladyga

    My animal is a sea turtle and her name is Kaya.  She loves playing with her friends and her favorite food is squid.  She has green flippers, a white body and a flower patterned shell.  She is very friendly to people and other animals and she also always likes a good snack.

Hi, I’m Freddy, I’m 25 years old, and have a great life living with my family in Hawaii. I enjoy surfing and that’s how I got my arm ripped off by a shark, but I got it stitched back on.  I have lots of scars on my head, near my eyes because I do lots of breathtaking experiences, including, surfing, scuba diving, climbing volcanoes, and going whale watching.  I have a funny and bright sense of humor that my family and friends love.  I am a part time chemical engineer, and I love my job, but I enjoy many other things including scuba diving.  I am a part time scuba diving instructor at Ocean First.  One of my favorite things to do in my spare time is traveling the world. 😉😁😊

By Emma DeGolier

↠My Whale’s Bio↞

Sup😏 my name is Tilly. I am a whale I'm 16 years old. I have a great life living in the Ocean very far down in Hawaii. My mouth is a circle with my tongue sticking out. You may have thought that whales don't have tongues but they do. Anyway my tongue is like that because I have a great sense of humor and my tongue is just much better than yours so no more questions about that. My body is very long because my dad was very long and my mom was short so I got a mixture. My fins are slowly growing. My life otherwise is great I have a mini surfboard that I can stay out of the water for 10 minutes when I have water in my blowhole. Anyway I eat coconuts and mango. That all about mt Tilly ↠💧🐳🐋

By Audrey Holsomback

Hi,i'm Albert i’m a fish.  Some people would consider me a nerd But I can’t lie I am.   Some things I like to do in my free time are reading,writing,and my favorite math.  Don’t judge me right now i’m reading a easy book it has 111,222,333,444,555,666,777,888,999 pages in the book.  I’m also writing a novel called The Walk To Freedom.   I enjoy doing a lot of math on my free time.  I’m a math also a math professor at Princeton even though i’m 10 years younger then the kids I tech. By the way I forgot to tell you guys my age I’m 10 years old.  I hope you guys learn some about me,bey.😁

By Anna Wimmer

Eichel's Stray Sock Sculptures!

Sock Puppet By Jenny Contreras

Name: Nancy

When It was born: July 29,2016

Where it was born: Mexico, Tapiaz

Favorite Foods: Pizza

Hobbies:Volleyball,Soccer

Stray Sock Bio by Carly Heintz

Name: Mai

Birthplace: Hawaii

Adaptations: Loves Pineapple and carrots.

Dislikes the cold.

Loves to play in water and has a dog as a best friend.

Life story: Was abandoned at 2 months and was found by a puppy and they then became best friends.

Habitat: Lives in a burrow in California.

Stray sock bio  

By: Alain

Name: Bob

Birthplace: The sky

Habitat: trees

Life story: Bob was one day walking along Heaven when he fell to earth. And then he met ground.

Motto: Can we burn it with fire?

Favorite food: donuts!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Favorite person: himself

Stray Sock Bio      By: Tessa Brown

Name: Nikki

Birthplace: Rocky mountains

Type Of animal: Bunny

What foods does he eat: My bunny eats carrots, his favorite food is carrot crumble.

Hobbies: My bunny likes to do carrot art

Sock Bio By Julia Sittner

Name: Zebby

Name: Zebby

Birthplace:Iceland

Habitat: My house

School: Crest View Elementary

Hobbies: He acts, sews, and loves to learn.

Life story:

Once upon a time in Iceland there lived a fairy who cast a magic spell on a zebra. The zebra had a baby. She named it Zebby. He was different. He was rainbow striped zebra. His mother died soon after. He decided to be a sailor. He sailed to the united states. He took a plane to Colorado. He saw a school with nice children. It was CrestView Elem. He became best friends with Julia. He now goes to CrestView Elem. He goes to acting with Julia and lives with her too. The End!

My sock bio

By Emerson heine

My socks name is benjamin he was born in torrey pines california  my socks habitat is the golf course he has adapted to the rules of golf and golf dedicate his life story was one day he woke up in the torrey pines lost and found box and a large man came and picked him up and put him in a goodwill truck but he jumped out and he saw a large field and he felt attracted  to and he saw a small club on the field and picked it up and hit the ball and he played golf for the rest of his life.

My Sock Puppet

Name: Freshery Vickery

Birthplace: Freshery was born in the Dominican Republic.

Habitat: He lives in a  watershed.

Life Story: Freshery could not grow correctly and grew a large orange nose instead of a left arm. In his first few days of walking, he fell over and scratched his eyes. So now, he has small yellow glasses.

Sock Biography

By: Roan

Name: John Cena

Birthplace: Johnson City, Tennessee

Habitat: Rocky Mountains.

Life Story: He has found on top of a building in 1920 in Johnson City. No one ever knew how old he was because he said he was 1,000,000,000,000 years old. He was brought to boulder by Roan Plinke and re-made.

Favorite Food: Stuffin’

Hobbies: Playing soccer.

By Colin Berry

Name: sleekshadow.

Area: games.

Does: sits on people's shoulders.

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Sky the Sock

Name: Sky

Born: Maui Hawaii

Habitat: My house

School: The school of Bunny Mountain

Hobbies: Swims, hikes, and yoga

Life story…

Sky was born on the beach of Maui Hawaii. Her parents “Daisy and Jack” went, and took her to the flower meadows of Maui only 5 minutes away from the beach. There was a town in the meadow called Aloha. They settled there, and raised sky. When sky was old enough to move away she moved to Boulder CO were some of the best hiking is. One day when she was hiking she ran into a family. They had a dog named Cheney. She became friends with Cheney, and moved into the house with the family. She then went to a school called Bunny Mountain so every morning the family drives her up the mountain to school. The End

NAME: ZWEET DREEMZ

BIRTHPLACE: THE UNDERWORLD
HABITAT: THE UNDERWORLD

OCCUPATION: UNDERWORLDLY DEATH CREATURE OVERLORD
LIFE STORY: ZWEET DREEMZ WAS BORN ON MARCHUARY ELEVENTEENTH, 9999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 B.C.

WHEN HE WAS 1000, HE HAD SUCCEEDED IN BRINGING 3 DIFFERENT NATIONS TO THEIR KNEES. MANY CONQUERORS LIKE JULIUS CAESAR AND GENGHIS KHAN WERE POSSESSED BY ZWEET DREEMZ DURING THEIR RISE TO POWER.   

by Sabrina

Name: El Diablo

Born: December 2, 2016

Mother: Sabrina Dominguez

Favorite Food: Tacos

Hobbies: Fighting against people

Born: Mexico, Chihuahua

My Sock Bio

By: Simon Chan

Name:  Berg

Birthplace:  The Atlantic Ocean

Habitat:  Crest View

Life Story:  He was found in the Titanic.  Then, he was brought to the USA and brought up a career of sleeping.

Favorite Food:  Stuffing

Hobbies:  Eating and sleeping

 My sock bio  By: Joselyn Garcia

Name: Kelly Luna

Birthplace: Boulder, Co

Habitat: It lives in a mansion

Hobbies: Singing, soccer, and basketball

Life Story: She loves to eat pizza, chipotle, dunkin donuts, salad, and some apples. I found her in the habitat. She was so sad she didn’t have a friend. So I decided to become her best friend. But it’s weird because she is so famous. She explained that her friends ditched her and that they didn’t wanted to be her friend anymore.

Date of Birth:  Augest 20, 2016