SPRING ARTS SHOWCASE!!!

SPRING ARTS SHOWCASE

ORCHARD GARDENS PILOT SCHOOL 

THURSDAY, May 25th 

5:00-7:00pm

Come walk the corridors,

view the amazing student art work, 

and stay to enjoy performances from 

music, dance and theater!

K0-K2 Strand Hungry Caterpillar 

1st grade Chalk Robots

2nd grade Laurel Birch Line & Patterns Cats

3rd grade Monet Landscapes  

3rd Grade Mixed Media Owl Biomes

5th grade Sumi Ink Exploration

Middle School Strand Russian Nesting Dolls

6th grade Folk Art Landscapes

6th grade Egyptian Profiles

7th grade London Postcards

Middle School Elective Modigliani Portraits

Art with Mati and Dada – Amedeo Modigliani | Kids Animated Short Storie...

Pencil drawing, tempra paint and charcoal to outline

Introduction to clay

Sock Monkey Mania

I can hardly contain how excited I am over this project - SOCK MONKEY MAINA!  My middle school elective class learned how to stitch by making these adorable sock monkeys.  I had students observe the lovable stuffed animal and explore how it is made from one pair of socks.  From there, we discussed how to use a patterns and how most successful sewers start with a pattern to guide them through a project.  

I then passed out a ziplock bag for each student to keep their materials from getting jumbled.  They each got a pair of socks, a pair of scissors, one Sharpie, a sock monkey pattern and a needle.  We walked through the directions for sock number one and discussed how to thread a needle, make a knot, and start a basic stitching pattern.  I found this web site helpful How to Make a Sock Monkey to show the basic steps otherwise it would have been quite laborious to create an example for each stage along the way.

The next few classes involved minor finger bleeds, much laughter and students seeing their own success.  I can't express how happy this class was with their final product and I hope they will cherish these stuffed animals for the years ahead!

Matisse and his fish bowl

My middle school elective class began the year by making a still life.  We admired the work of Henri Matisse and tried our best to replicate his masterpiece.  Students started with black crayon to create the basic shapes of the fish bowl, table, and background.  From there, we discussed color value and how to make the fish bowl give the illusion of depth by making the blues vary from dark to light.  

Then, students we set free to color the remaining parts of the picture.  We talked about complimentary colors and how using a pair for the wall and floor would make for a strong composition.

 Below are some pictures from the fist class.  More to come as the paintings get finished!

Jasper Johns inspired American Flags

My middle school elective class is making some patriotic art to display for Veteran's Day.  We drew inspiration from American artist, Jasper Johns and his iconic flag artworks.  I had students look Johns' work and talk about it's meaning.  The next step was to tape down stripes onto the first layer and then brush red paint all over.

After they dried, students removed the tape and took to adding details.  They used oil pastels and modge-podge to create the star(s) and patriotic words onto the flag.  I gave the students copies of patriotic lyrics as well as a word bank to cut from.

More to come as we get going on the second tier!

Happy Veteran's Day!