SPRING ARTS SHOWCASE!!!

SPRING ARTS SHOWCASE

ORCHARD GARDENS PILOT SCHOOL 

THURSDAY, May 25th 

5:00-7:00pm

Come walk the corridors,

view the amazing student art work, 

and stay to enjoy performances from 

music, dance and theater!

K0-K2 Strand Hungry Caterpillar 

1st grade Chalk Robots

2nd grade Laurel Birch Line & Patterns Cats

3rd grade Monet Landscapes  

3rd Grade Mixed Media Owl Biomes

5th grade Sumi Ink Exploration

Middle School Strand Russian Nesting Dolls

6th grade Folk Art Landscapes

6th grade Egyptian Profiles

7th grade London Postcards

Middle School Elective Modigliani Portraits

The Very Hungry Caterpillar Children's Story & Animation by Eric Carle |...

Kindergarten students created along side the old classic, The Very Hungry Caterpillar.  We explored the magic of color mixing by mixing yellow and blue to create different shades of green for our caterpillars.

Vocabulary:
Primary colors
Red
Yellow
Blue
Secondary Colors
Green
Orange
Purple

During the next class, students made large scaled fruit pieces for our caterpillars to crawl through.  We used the below illustration for inspiration:

 

The final display is good enough to eat!

Tacky the Penguin - Storybook Read Aloud!

Save the Date: Winter Arts Showcase 12/17/15

WINTER ARTS SHOWCASE

ORCHARD GARDENS PILOT SCHOOL 

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17th 

5:00-7:00pm

Come walk the corridors,

view the amazing student art work, 

and stay to enjoy performances from 

music, dance and theater!

1st grade VanGogh Inspired Still Lives

7th grade Romero Britto Painting

1st grade Paul Klee Cats

Middle school elective Jasper Johns inspired American Flags

5th grade Clipper Ships

6th Grade Cowboy & Cowgirl Portraits

2nd grade Geometric Cityscapes

Pumpkin Patch

Oops, I meant to post this one in October but time got away from me.  Kindergarten and 1st grade students worked diligently making these awesome pumpkins.  Students learned about color mixing and value as they drew from observation.  We talked about the basic circular shape of a pumpkin and how there are ridges on the shell.  We then mixed red + yellow to make orange by dipping the paint brush into both colors and letting the brush do the mixing on the paper.  We strived to make each section of the pumpkin a different value of orange.

After the pumpkins dried, we then turned them into jack-o-lanterns!  Students practiced their cutting and collage skills and spooked up their pumpkins.

We then placed the jack-o-lanterns onto a pumpkin patch and used oil pastels to create grass and wind.

Spring Arts Showcase!!!

MARK YOUR CALENDARS!!

The spring arts showcase is here:

Thursday, May 28
4:30-6:30pm

Forsythia

SPRING IS HERE!!!!

Kindergarteners worked on these cheery Forsythia collages.  We painted a blue wash for a background, added a table, and then cut our a vase from wallpaper scraps.  Students then painted on the branches and upon drying, glued tissue paper squares for the blooms.  The finished product is such a happy welcome to spring!

Pattern Windsocks

The classic windsock. . . Colorful tube, long, dangly tassels, they really brighten up any dreary day with their ability to dance across the sky.  I decided to capture this spirit by having my Kindergarten classes make pattern focused windsocks.  We discussed AB and ABB patterns before designing and coloring in five different variations for their artwork.  

Beautiful patterns!

Carefully cutting the boarder for his windsock.

How sweet are these!!!