How To Draw a Face

Some of you have asked me to repeat my demonstration on how to draw a face in proportion several times.  To make things easier on you Meira Braverman video taped me doing the demonstration today and we put it on youtube.  Just follow this link and enjoy the video as many times as you want.  http://youtu.be/OCbOcMHQr84

The Garden of Our Imagination

The Kindergarten and First Grade have just completed one of my favorite Tu B’Shvat Projects!  After listening to The Lorax, by Doctor Seuss, we had a discussion about why trees are important to us.  We also talked about how Doctor Seuss used his imagination to come up with a unique way to tell the world about the significance of trees for our environment.   We used our own imagination to invent made up trees.  Here is a short video so you can watch the fun in progress!  If you want to see our complete collection of Imagination Trees feel free to stop by and have a look at our display.

In Case You Were Wondering ...

... What goes on in the art room,Take a glimpse at this short video of a few things that we have done this year.  Then go ahead and few a few of my old blogs.  Feel free to visit the art room any time!http://youtu.be/lbYhhO3vkSE

On Display at MHA

Color Groups  Red, orange & yellow are warm colors. Artists will often use them to portray scenes of warm weather.  Green, blue & violet are cool colors. Artists will often use them to portray cool weather.
The 4th and 5th graders created temperature based landscapes that are currently on display in the elementary wing of the school.

Bryony Petch from the Dixon Gallery and Gardens came to visit our 4th and 5th graders today to discuss the work of Brian Selznick. She read us a few pages from The Boy of A Thousand Faces, about a boy who liked to change his face every day with paper masks. She then tught us how to make 3-D paper masks of our own.  Click on this link to enjoy the show! http://youtu.be/ZrriCIKLFNo

Dixon Day at MHA

Yesterday the second and third graders were visited by Bryony Petch from the Dixon Gallery and Gardens. She taught us about Brian Selsnick and we talked about Dinosaurs and Mosaics. We learned how to make Dinosaur Mosaics of our own. Enjoy the show!

Our Trip to the Brooks Museum

Last week the fourth and fifth graders enjoyed a trip to the Brooks Museum.   We were taken through the galleries, where we focused on several pieces as we learned about the elements of art.  After the tour we went down to the studio to do a project with Miss Jenny.  She gave each of us a secret picture of an abstract painting, and we had to write a description of that picture using the elements of art.  We traded descriptions with our partner and without seeing he pictures, we had to make our own pastel drawing based on the written description.  Here is a short video of our trip.  Enjoy the show!