Second and Third Grade Animal Close-Ups

                  Felix finishing his picture

                            Ava gives her fish a border

Second and third graders used paint and colored pencil to get a head and shoulders view of a chosen animal or such. The hope was to capture the color and form of the selected creature.

Fourth and Fifth Grade Animal Drawings

                                       Will working on emphasizing texture

                                              Jared working on his border

Fourth and fifth grade students spent time working on careful drawings of animals paying particular attention to line intensity and direction to accurately represent fur or feathers.

Middle School Skyscraper Drawings

                                              Jonah figuring out his building

                                              Rachel and Tyana drawing skyscrapers

Middle school students have been studying the Industrial Revolution in Social Studies class. They became interested in some of the New York skyscrapers that were constructed around that time period. They each researched a building,  drew it and cut it out. It was then placed in the hall along the Hudson River recreation that runs from one end of the building to the other.

Middle School Students Drawing

                                                Students getting ideas together

                                                  Luke and Sam drawing

Middle schoolers are learning about one and two point perspective.

2/3 Dinosaurs

                                                  Clare working on Compsognathus

                                               Jackson painting a T.Rex tail

                                                  Justin adding finishing coat

The 2/3s have been studying dinosaurs in class. In conjunction with this study the students have  built paper mache models of their particular dinosaur in art class.

K/1s Making Quilt Squares

Making a quilt square

Busy at work

After reading The Keeping Quilt, by Patricia Polacco, the K/s talked about geometric shapes and symmetry and each made a paper quilt square.

Middle School Students Work on Clay House Project

                                                        Efrain builds his house

                                                         Kelsey rolling a slab

                                                               Kayla glazing

                                                    Kayu glazing his house

Middle School students learned about the work of ceramic artist Sana Musasama, and with her work in mind they created clay houses of their own. Using slab construction techniques, their houses reflect the personality they show to the world on the exterior, and their inward feelings on the interior. Each one has a unique form that reflects their individuality.