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.

Kindergartners and First Graders Paint

                                        Gabrielle is mixing colors

                         Ben and Coleman are working on small details

Working with liquid watercolors, K/1 students think about the work of author/illustrator, Jan Brett, and create pictures of animals dressed for winter. Watch out for scarves and boots!

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.