A Little R & R

 6th graders are learning about Repoussè and Rhythm in art.  They will be making animal heads that look like they are made out of metal.  They are starting by sketching their animal heads in their sketchbooks.

Last Round of Animal Sculptures

This is the last group of 7th and 8th grade students to work on animal sculptures for the year.  Many have started paper mâché this week.  The goal is to have one coat of paper mâché on by spring break.  Excited to see these progress into finished art work.

Cardboard cityscapes

This 5th grade class is coming close to the end of construction and moving on to applying a coat of black paint over the entire sculpture.  After the paint dries, they will be coloring and adding texture with oil pastels and paint.  

Glazing monsters

These 6th graders are working on their second day of glazing.  We discussed the difference between transparent and opaque.  The more coats of glaze they add, the darker and more opaque the glaze will be after it's fired.  They are working very hard to apply even, neat coats of glaze.  They are excited to see how their monsters turn out and how the glaze goes from a chalky, dull color, to a bright, vibrant glass-like surface.

  

Cardboard City

5th graders are constructing a low relief sculpture of a city, using the cardboard circles from the pizzas served at lunch.