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

Work coming home

I will be sending work home with all grades. A lot of the fourth and fifth grade works will be coming home all at once.  This is due to the fact that I have kept the majority of their pieces for display at the fine arts night.  Please be on the lookout for your child's artwork.

Fine Arts Night

Fine Arts Night

Fine Arts Night

The fine arts night went very smoothly. It was quite hot but everyone did very well.  All of the 4th and 5th graders created some amazing artwork. 

BHS Raffle of the arts

So many snow days!

Welcome back from vacation.  After sooo many snow days, we have been playing catch up in most every class.  This week we have finally begun to use clay in the third, fourth and fifth grades. I have a few pictures to share from the fourth grade classes.

 

See through self portrait

See through self portraits

Last week all grades were finishing up their see through self portraits.  If your child has not told you about this lesson please ask them about it.  Here are some pics of the process.

Welcome Back

We are off to a great start.  This year the theme for our art classroom is "Light Play."  This theme will drive all of our artwork throughout the year.  Make sure to check in and see what is going on in the art classroom.

These first couple of weeks we are working on self portraits in all of the grades.  Ask your children what makes this self portrait different form a typical one.

All set for the winter concert

Ready for the winter concert. Come see the show.

What is a medium in art terms?

WHAT IS A MEDIUM IN ART TERMS??

(noun) - In art, "medium" refers to the substance the artist uses to create his or her artwork.

For example, the medium Michelangelo used to create David was marble, Calder's stabiles employ painted steel plates and Duchamp's infamous Fountain had porcelain as its medium.

Self portrait rainbow

The whole school did a small self portrait.  Each grade had their own color. First= red. Second= orange. Third= yellow. Fourth= green. Fifth= blue. I put them together on a big piece of paper to make one big rainbow.

Expectations posters

Here is one of the posters in my room.  Please make sure that this is the kind of artist you are when you come to my classroom.

Welcome back

Welcome back to Fox Hill art class.  We are going to have an exciting year together.  For those who are new to my art class, it has been nice getting to know you all during our first few classes.  We have been talking about many things in the first few classes.  One major topic has been the classroom expectations.  I showed students posters with my expectations on them.  The posters are now up in my room and in the hallway outside my room.