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.

Grandfriends Day in the Art Room

Rafi and Pablo glazing  

Grandfriends admiring and helping out

Fourth and Fifth Grade students brought their Grandfriends with them to art class and demonstrated how they glazed their bowls for the upcoming Empty Bowls dinner. Those who finished their bowl went on to work on paintings.

Empty Bowls at Parker

Gabrielle glazing her bowl

Jamie at work

Middle school students building bowls

Maurice working on his bowl

To raise awareness of world hunger issues,  Parker eighth grade students will host an Empty Bowls Dinner in December. All kindergarten through eighth grade students have made bowls in art class. The eighth grade went to glean vegetables from The Alleged Farm, in Washington County. From the vegetables they dug they will make soup to be served in the bowls. Families will come to purchase the bowl and eat the soup. The money they raise will be donated to Joseph's House, a shelter and community resource in Troy. 

K/1 student painting with primary colors

K/1 students become engrossed in mixing colors. Beginning with the primary colors they discover how to mix secondaries and tertiaries creating exciting new hues.  Students find the sensation of mixing and spreading the thick tempera paint absorbing and satisfying. As they first explore, the act of applying the paint may be more important than the finished work.