Students got a chance to watch and visit with a real artist during our Character Education Assembly featuring "Self-Control" this past month. The artist, a retired area principal, came to our school and started her painting during the assembly. Working from a photograph that one of our students got to choose, she then moved her easle into the main foyer and exhibited self-control and perseverance while working to finish it. She stayed ALL day visiting with students, answering their questions while she worked. At the end of the day she had completed the painting! She took it around and showed all the kids the finished painting!
It's amazing what you can do when you have the self-control and perseverance to finish something you start!!
15 of these are on display at the Nixa Senior Center for the month of November!
Third grade students now understand that a silhouette is a dark image against a light-colored background. To create these wonderful fall pictures, students explored a wet-on-wet watercolor technique called a drip painting. They first wet the paper and then dripped on the sunset colors. Watching the colors drip down the paper created a lot of excitement in the art room! The colors blended nicely into each other, creating our light colored background. For the dark image, students used india ink and painted things they might see outside. We practiced painting trees, and most choose to include one in their final picture.
October 26- Return package with order form, artwork, and check
December 18- Items ordered will be distributed at school to take home!
Original Works is a company that can turn your child's masterpiece into a cherished item that can be shared with family and friends. Your child has created an artwork that will be coming home inside a folder/catalogue that looks like this: Inside you will find a letter and price list on grey paper, a blue order form, and your child's artwork. If you would like to order something, please fill out the order form and return it in the folder with the artwork and check. Orders will be filled and sent to school for distribution by December 18, 2009. Please note that you may use other works of art but it must meet the following guidelines:
All artwork MUST:
* Be on 8"x10 1/2" or 8 1/2 x 11 paper (copy paper is not recommended)
* Have child's name, teacher, and school name written on back
* Have a "T" on the back of the artwork to indicate the top
* BE ORIGINAL (no copyrighted/trademarked images or text...professional sports team logos, cartoon characters, professional photography studios,etc)
* No glitter, metallic material, or 3-D objects
* Artwork that does not comply with these rules will NOT be processed and will be returned without any products being made. Thanks for your support of the Art program!
1st graders had a blast...an arctic blast..creating these fun penguins. Students learned clay techniques such as pinching and pulling, and scratch to attach.
Students got a chance to watch and visit with a real artist during our Character Education Assembly featuring "Self-Control" this past month. The artist, a retired area principal, came to our school and started her painting during the assembly. Working from a photograph that one of our students got to choose, she then moved her easle into the main foyer and exhibited self-control and perseverance while working to finish it. She stayed ALL day visiting with students, answering their questions while she worked. At the end of the day she had completed the painting! She took it around and showed all the kids the finished painting!
It's amazing what you can do when you have the self-control and perseverance to finish something you start!!
