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.

Getting Ready For Rosh Hashana

We've been so busy in the Art Room getting ready for Rosh Hashana.   The Kindergarten and First graders will definitely enjoy their apples and honey with their hand made honey dishes and apple plates. Many of us like to eat round challahs and this year they will look especially lovely covered in the hand painted challah covers created by the second graders.  May it be Hashem's will to grant us a year of goodness and sweetness as we read the Yehi Ratzon decorated by the third graders.  Apple kugals are a very tasty treat, and the Junior High girls agree that they are just as fun to bake as they are to eat!  Enjoy the video https://youtu.be/p2NqkqlW7Qc and Have a Shana Tova Umitukah.

Chalk and Glue Mandalas

For the first project of the year I chose this amazing activity form the Art of Ed website.  The students created Mandalas using glue and when the glue dried they used chalk to color them in.  I was so impressed and surprised by the diversity of the results.  Here is a short video so you can watch the students at work.  

https://youtu.be/b9WFpuYas28

And here is a link to the Art of Ed Website https://www.theartofed.com/ .  It is an amazing resource for teachers that I refer to all the time.

The Mystery Box Challenge

Our first week back to school started off with an awesome game for the 4th - 6th graders.  Each team was given a mystery box full of supplies.  They had half an hour to create something amazing using everything in the box.  Here is a video to watch these incredible young artists at work and to see the super ideas that they came up with.  

https://youtu.be/rSpYNFmtOa8?list=PLsoFE8aVnBT3rQKSFfrsa3bRliEapxYxV