1Z crayon resist dragons

Look all these dragons from our imaginations.

owls in paint

We painted owls after readiing and studying the art in Adopted by an Owl.

2O clay owls and other creatures

We learned about sculptors amd sculptures when making owls and other creatures. Also we learned about height, width and depth - 3-d.

4T watercolors

These works and the writing that was done with them were so special that the students took them home as gifts.

5M pouches

These woven pouches are used at a trade fair as part of social studies. They always take a while to complete. They will be shared and taken home after that.

owls by 2B

What does "3-d" mean?
More than needing special glasses......
three dimensional objects have height, width and depth. These sculptors have created some expressive owls in modeling clay.

Art afternoon with 1Z

Our mosaic elephant was a positive experience in tearing paper, applying glue and adding paper to the surface. It was a successful collaborative where students changed responsibilities by asking if someone would change with them.

watercolors by 3S

How does one use just the right amount of water to depict a basket?

watercolors by 4H

A single object maximizes success with watercolors.

leaf rubbings

You can't go wrong with crayons and the leaves of fall...

cover art 4T

We got some fine abstract art for these covers.

cover art 2O

The artists in 2O created art for their sketchbooks.

3S baskets

This is a picture of the baskets 3S made to display with their other Native American studies. Their writing explains color choices.
We talked a little about making practical, everyday items beautifully. Click on it to see more. Come by to see them displayed.

5M expressions

Check out how each student expresses him/herself on the sketchbook cover.

cover art

Click on this art to see the other sketchbook covers from 4H.

3S

These are the third grade sketchbooks. Each one of 3S has unique cover art.

abstract art by 1Z

Today after studying work by Josef Albers, Mark Rothko and Richard Anuszkiewicz, we made work to investigate color.

exhibit at the Lamont Gallery

On Saturday I went to hear William Daley at the gallery on the PEA campus. It's fabulous work.
 This handy gallery is small and free. Check it out www.exeter.edu/arts
or go to his website http://www.williamdaley.net/index.php

2B cover art

Each student has a unique look to the cover art.

cover art by 1Z

Each sketchbook has the student's work on the cover.

Rainbow Garden

We talked about the colors of the rainbow for the first Art Afternoon. This flower garden grew from construction paper, scissors and staplers.
 The purple and indigo papers were painted by 1Z.

artist posters and organization by color

Welcome Back to the Artists' Workshop for another year of  making fabulous art.
To help with organizing art works from nearly 200 students, each table is designated by color expressed by the artist poster hanging over the table.
Students who sit at this table keep art  in portfolios that are kept in one of 10 large red portfolios. The artist is Vincent Van Gogh.

This still life by Cezanne denotes the "orange " table.

Matisse signals the green table.

Mary Cassatt's portrait of her niece  details  the yellow table.

Escher puzzles us at the black table and  Georgia O'Keeffee's simple arrangement decorates the blue table.

Each student sits in an assigned seat. This facilitates finding one's work in the portfolio for that table.
I am sure that the students who have had art this week, can tell you which color table he/she sits at.
We're off to a great start.  Feel free to call and schedule a visit.

solar installation

Solar Fest was a wonderful day. Thanks to everyone and their hard work. This one of the pieces. They are now installed in the school. Thanks to Mr. Eaves and Mr. Mizzi for helping attach them to the wall.

last day of school

Deezel was a little nervous on the last day of school.

desert animals painted for details

Fennec foxes, sand cats, snakes, a lemur and even a camel are among our zoo....

animals by 1Z

This is the scarlet ibis before it was painted. It is made of model magic with an aluminum foil armature. Click on it to see other desert animals by 1Z.

student art show

This is one several art works now on display in the gallery near the art/music room.



The sun is the prevalent theme in celebration of the "Solar Fest Day".
Come in anytime to see the work. The work from Youth Art Month exhibit is here.

may 6tiles and technique

Today was a fun, busy day. One class at a time came to the art room to work with Mr. Birch. Each student used a yellow glaze to highlight selected areas of the tile. We used a dry brush and dabbing technique.
We thank the parents who helped, Mr. Birch for all his work, and the staff of EKES for their cooperation in this project. The pieces will be shown on June 10th with the dedication of our solar panels,and installed in the school that afternoon.

1Z makes art papers

Today we painted art papers to use next week in our art. The colors were inspired by the art by Rachel Isadora in "The Ugly Duckling" .

Writing by Foley

My Hat
When I dive into my hat, I see...a sketch of me. I am wearing a black hat a park ranger would wear. I am  standing in a valley with overlapping hills, and the sun between. The sun is setting. I am wearing a black leather jacket, nice shoes, and a huge smile.
I thought hats were fun because there's all sorts of hats. At first, I wanted to do one of those hats with a propeller on top of it, then a baseball cap, then a visor. But then I remembered I like these hats. So I settled on it.

hats

These are some of the hats done by 3S. We talked about head and eye shape as well as using an horizon line.

more suns in folios by 2B

More students finished sun folios to share today. Click to see more.

handstitching in second grade

Thanks to the parents who helped with our fabric book covers.

polymer clay 5

Working with polymer is a little different than the clay we used with Mr. Birch. This gets "fired" in a little oven that looks like a toaster!

3W sun medallions

All our sun medallions are so different Some are two-sided, some are colored, some are collage.

medallions by 3S

We're almost finished with all the medallions from EKES

more sun medallions 2O

We will wear our medallions on June 10 as part of the "Solar Fest" . Check out the originality in each class posted.

sun medallions by 5Mc

These are medallions from 5Mc. Some are decorated on two sides. The library at EKES is decorated with all the medallions.

Emile Birch project

We've finished the tiles for our solar installation.



stained and glazed



fired and stained





fired, not stained



ready to be fired



sculpted, not trimmed to size