Dixon Day at MHA

We were very fortunate over the past two weeks to work with Eve Cooper from the Dixon Gallery & Gardens.  She taught us about the impressionist artist, Renoir.  We looked closely at his painting of The Wave, and then created some Ocean Artwork of our own.  Here is a video of our young artists at work.  https://youtu.be/g-9_gXV742U

Lines in My World

In Second and Third Grade we have just finished our unit called Lines in Our World.  We learned all about the different lines that artists can use to create pictures.  Each student created a View From A Window watercolor painting using many of the lines that we learned about.  Here is a short video https://youtu.be/WwgQCl27zFo  so you can watch our young artists in action.

In Kindergarten and First Grade we have just finished our Unit on Portraits.  A Portrait is a picture of a person or animal.  We made portraits in the styles of Degas. DaVinci, Klee and Shen Quan.  Here is a short video of our young artists at work.

https://youtu.be/pAudWZtY_os?list=PLsoFE8aVnBT3rQKSFfrsa3bRliEapxYxV

Starting The Month Off Thinking of Others

Today marks the beginning of the Hebrew Month of Chesvan.  To kick off the month,  the middle school girls decorated canvas tote bags.   They  plan to fill these bags with non perishable grocery items for the free food pantry.  I was so impressed by the amazing ideas that the girls came up with! They are so creative.

If anyone would like to contribute to this food drive please drop your items at the school and mark them "Middle School Rosh Chodesh Program."  Thank you in advance.