Saturday, March 21, 2009

K/1s Working on Self-Portraits

Working with great concentration

Painting in details

The K/1 students have taken on the task of looking carefully in the mirror and painting what they see.

2/3s Working on Their Self-Portraits

                                                    Hunter painting himself

                                                 Heath and Adam at work

The 2/3 students have been observing themselves in the mirror and painting their annual self- portraits trying hard to capture their likeness in paint.

4/5s Create Historical Puppets

                                               Stephen sewing on a hand

                                                  Jenna cutting her fabric

The 4/5 students have been building hand puppets of  historical characters they studied in class.
The heads were made from paper mache, painted and then the bodies were sewn with felt and adornments were added.

Middle School Painting the Hudson River

                                                      Sara texturing water

                                             A group at work

Middle school students added to the ongoing Hudson River hallway project by drawing mansions and skyscrapers and then painting river paper using a paste and paint mixture and then texturing the surface.