6/7/8 Transformation Drawings

Adding the sky

A Plant Transforming

A green theme!

Sharing an idea

Tackle box to fish

Leaf to fish

Sketching out an idea

Middle schoolers were shown several examples of transformation art, where an object is drawn and over the course of nine to twelve blocks, it morphs into something entirely different. They began sketches for their own transformation pictures.

4/5 Native American Sand Art

A Strawberry in Sand

A Native American Style Turtle

A Turtle, Tree and Flowers

Gluing the next area

Shaking on the sand

As the final art tie-in to the 4/5s Native American studies they tried their hands at creating sand disks. They developed a design, divided it into segments and put glue and then sprinkled colored sand in specific areas. Hemp and beads were then woven around the edges with beads tied into the remaining string hanging from the bottom.

K/1s Make Clay Animals

Putting the habitat together

The complete habitat

Checking out the stream section

Frog, beaver and wolf having a drink

Raccoon

Sculpting the mouse

Working on a wild turkey

Painting a chipmunk and the turkey

Painting the skunk

After creating a painting and a collage of the animal they were studying in class, the K/1s sculpted their animal in clay and then painted it. The students then built a habitat in which they placed their animals.

2/3s Study the Hudson River

Sketching the background double page

Another sketch for the background

Drawing a crab and a fish

Working on another fish

As the 2/3s study the Hudson River in class, they are drawing plants and animals from the river, and designing a background page in art class. The drawings, and their research and poems will be put together in a book about the Hudson.

K/1s Collage Animals

The fox approaching a tree

Opossum on a branch

Adding the skunk's stripe

Trimming the fox

After carefully painting the animal they're studying, the K/1s made a collage of their animal using cut and torn construction paper.

K/1s Study Northeastern Animals

The fox

Opossum and offspring

Painting the frog

The squirrel and its background

Drawing the chipmunk

Working on the beaver

In conjunction with their classroom study of an animal of the Northeast the K/1s looked at a photo, and figured out the shapes they needed to draw it. They then drew their animal and a background, and added color with liquid water colors.

4/5 Iroquois Tunnel Books

Assembling the book

Drawing the back page

Figuring out the scene for the last page

Measuring the border pages

Cutting the border pages

The 4/5 students are demonstrating their knowledge of some aspect of Iroquois life by creating a tunnel book. The end page is a picture of the Iroquois involved in some specific task. The center pages are borders on which they have added details like trees or animals.

6/7/8 Op Art Boxes

A finished cube

Three more cubes

Working on the fourth side of the cube

Working from a sketch

After looking at the work of British Op Artist Bridget Riley and other eye-popping black and white designs, middle school students tried their hand at designing an Op Art cube with at least four different optical designs on the six sides of the cube.

Middle School Students Work on Positive/Negative Pictures

Finished work

One more

This image seemed to be swirling around

A positive and negative octopus

The middle school students spent a couple of classes considering positive and negative spaces while working on cut paper black and white designs.