This dragonfly bead and wire piece was AWESOME!! I think the students weren't prepared for the patience needed to bead the wings, but as they constructed each section, they got more and more excited. They did such a good job and are so great with multi media!

Eric Carle

Eric Carle is a beloved writer and illustrator. He has a unique technique where he prepares tissue paper painted with implied texture and then, when he wants to design a character, her cuts out various parts of the animal or insect and glues them together. We chose either a character from his books or created a new one from our imagination. This is a very advanced lesson because it is drawn, cut out, traced and then cut out again. Good job everyone!

Monet's Water Lilies

Monet painted dozens of ponds with lilies. We looked at many of them and created our own. We used a technique that creates that heavy impressionist like strokes from artist chalk and white acrylic paint. See for yourself how these young artists mimicked Monet style. They are very beautiful!

Modigliani Sculptures

Wow! These kids worked hard last week. We talked about Modigliani and how he elongated his noses and heads in his sculptures. They created their own maquettes with paper, tape and then wire and more tape. They then covered the maquette in clay and created facial features. They did this all in an hour and they turned out very cool. See for yourself!