We Need Your Lids

The art room is looking for circular lids from any of the things you might recycle or throw out.

~ All sizes and colors ~

• Metal lids from sauce or jelly jars
• Plastic lids from butter or cool whip containers  
• Soda bottle caps
• Laundry detergent caps
• Non-stick spray can caps
• Spray paint can lids

Please wash them off and send them with your child.

There will be a collection box outside the art room.

Room 3 in Pod 1.

Thank you,

Mr. Scarpulla and Fox Hill Art

Here are some examples of what we might do.

Winter Art Contest

Project: Create an abstracted/stylized design that elicits feelings of the natural world in winter: wind, snow, ice, starry sky, etc. This is a competition. Winning designs will be enlarged to 4 foot x 6 foot banners in outdoor displays. Twelve double-sided, weatherproof banners will be affixed to metal frames driven into the ground on the town common and will be on display during the months of December and January. Parameters: Limited Color Palette: So that the various banners are unified as a set, use white, blues, silver (grays), and gold/copper. You may use a minimal amount of one other hue (such as violet) as an accent. Medium: Any, really. Drawing, painting, collage, design, photos Dimensions: Working on paper of 8 x 12", 12 x 18", or 16 x 24" would work well. Objectives: Convey an abstract feeling/mood through your selection, creation and arrangement of shape and color. Apply skills with tools and techniques of Illustrator and Photoshop together Create strong visual impact

Clear fish design

The fourth grade created there own fish based on observation.  They were allowed to mix and match different shapes and designs to create a fish. They then transferred there fish to a piece of plastic using sharpies to outline and color in.

Bubbles, bubbles, bubbles

The fifth grade students have finished up making bubbles using chalk.  The effect is very realistic when they keep control of the chalk, add color and add a shine to them.

Drawing shells

Drawing shells in third grade.  The third graders will use their drawing as reference so that they can create a mono-print of their work.

Back up and running

Grade 5 drawing coral.  The fifth graders drew coral by observing actual pieces.  They will eventually transfer these drawings to a piece of foam.  They will use that foam drawing to create a print of their coral drawings.

Welcome Back and News!

Dear parents and students,

Welcome back to school.  This year we have a new theme in the art classroom.  Our theme is “Water.”  This theme is going to drive all of our artwork this year.  The artwork that your children will be creating will be related, directly or indirectly to water.  You can check in on what is going on in the art room at the Fox Hill Art blog.  The address of the Fox Hill Art blog  is scarpullafh.blogspot.com.  This is a place where you can see what your children are working on currently in my classroom and see what is going on in other grades as well.  This is especially important for the fourth and fifth grade parents because I keep a lot of their work for the Fine Arts Night which takes place on the same night as the spring concert.

This year I will be in for the first week of school and then be out on leave to take care of my son Zachary.  He is about 5 months old now and I am excited to be home with him.  I will be out until November 4th.  I am excited to have Ms. Lauren Vigneau as my substitute.  Ms. Vigneau has a background in art and has already been working in the Burlington schools as a substitute.  Please don’t hesitate to contact me if you have any questions.  scarpulla@bpsk12.org or 781-238-5663.

-Mr. Scarpulla

Fox Hill Art