Bare bones drawing

Third grade students have been learning about contour and continuous line drawing.

Students have been using “George”, our classroom skeleton, as a model.

These drawing exercises have been forcing the students to explore a new method of drawing.

Everyone has learned new skills in this new method of drawing.

It’s exciting to see students’ drawing skills improve through this process.

The line in a continuous line drawing is unbroken from the beginning to the end. The drawing tool stays in constant contact with the surface of the paper during the entire length of the drawing process.

It has been great fun to see the third graders’ confidence grow in their drawing abilities as the school year progresses.

 

2016 Fire Safety Poster Contest

Third, fourth and fifth grade students participated in the annual National Fire Safety Poster Contest sponsored by the Willard Fire Department.

Students began designing their posters as they figured out how to tell a visual story.

A lot of thought went into creating their posters.

After completing their designs, students added color.

Colored pencil and marker were employed to complete their posters.

Focus and concentration are required to create a great poster that engages the viewer and tells a story.

Here are the winning posters:  Danela Hernandez, 5th grade – 1st place

Lauren Hamons, 4th grade – 2nd place

Brayden Sykes, 5th grade – 3rd place

Jack Rojos Lopez, 5th grade – Honorable Mention.

Lexie Maynard, 3rd – 1st place

Joshua Wilson, 3rd grade – 2nd place

Manolo Gonsalez, 3rd grade – 3rd place

Madilyn Kemper, 3rd grade – Honorable Mention

Maria Lopez, 3rd grade – Honorable Mention

Harry Meisner, 3rd grade – Honorable Mention

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Cards

Most of the elementary art students participated in creating some type card for Mother’s Day this year.

Kindergarten students used colored pencils to create line pattern with their Mother’s Day card.

First graders used scissors and crayons to create a pop-out card for their moms.

Second grade students created a cut out Mom card.

Third grade students created an M-shaped card for Mother’s Day.

Everyone concentrated on creating the perfect card for Mom!

All of the students incorporated learned skills and some new ones to create a card filled with design elements.

I’m sure every mom was thrilled with their uniquely created card for Mother’s Day!

Layers of hearts

Third graders explored paper craft as they used layers of hearts to create a Valentine design.

Students were given a variety of tools to use for their creative endeavor.

Many decisions were made during the process of creating their images for someone they love and appreciate.

Everyone enjoyed the freedom of creating a project to give to someone they appreciate. Every art project has many layers to the creative process as the third grade discovered this week.

Shoe Art

Third grade students  completed their shoe projects recently.

Students added color to their ink drawings of shoes.

Students picked related colors from the color wheel, also known as analogous, to create color harmony in their image.

After completing coloring with crayon, students cut out their shoes.

The final step was to pick a background to complement their shoe image.

Students took care in adding final details to their images.

Here are some examples of the students’ work: