1st grade winter landscapes

To bring in the new year and celebrate the winter season first grade created winter landscapes. They learned  what a landscape is and how it differs from a still life and a portrait.  We discussed how objects in the distance get smaller as they are farther away.  They used sharpie to outline and bring out their bare branch trees and watercolor paint for their skies.

2nd Grade Autumn Collages

We discussed warm and cool colors and students learned different techniques to draw a tree.  Students used magazines to find warm colors to cut our for their leaf shapes.

4th grade Moon Silhouttes

4th grade learned about value using tints and shades. They also learned what a silhoutte is and how it is created and different from shadow. We were inspired by this year's super moon.