Self-portraits by 1st graders

 

 

 

The 1st graders are very proud of their drawings.  They studied the color of  their eyes and hair,  trying colored pencils out on draft paper first.

 

 



 

Kindergarten self-portraits

 

 

This is the first time many of these children have made a self-portrait.  I love them!

After drawing them, they went over them with a sharpie.  They rubbed pastels into them and thenwe found some pastel pencils in case we needed another detail.

 

 



Grid drawing

 

 

3rd and 5th grades enjoyed grid drawings.

   It is a way to transpose a drawing from one paper to another or make it larger or smaller.  We use scale; 1:1 or 1:20.  It improves drawing and observational skills.  It’s also a way to help us understand graphing with a horizontal (x) and vertical (y) axis.  It’s interesting that some students love this activity while others don’t, reminding us that we are all different.

 

 

The dragon....

first we transposed an iguana from one grid to another at 1:1.  Then we decided to enlarge it.  The kids wanted it really big so it ended by being 10 times bigger than the original.
 It's hanging outside Mrs. Bolton's room.  Check it out.

Mr. Wells class worked on a fantastic image of turtles in the surf.

 

3rd graders worked on habitat images.

 

 



 

 

Electric Sewing
a 4th grade wonder

Learning to tread a needle and stitch.

Sewing buttons is a life long learning skill.



 After painting, stitching and stuffing, we had two of each

 

The students and Ms. McGill stitched these planets onto a black background

and then sewed stars on with electric thread.

 

With the battery in and turned on, the stars light up.

 

Ask one of Ms. McGill's students about this incredible piece of art.



Check the Stony Point Auction.  I heard a rumor that it might be up for grabs!

 

Self-portraits

 

 

Most classes work on self-portraits during the year.

Here are some 2nd grade portraits made to be send around the world, Flat Stanley style.

 

 

3rd graders are making self-portraits to be displayed with personal narratives.

 

 

After working on self-portraits, kindergartners made scarecrows.

 

 



 

Doodles and Zentangles

 

 

The students love making tangles and doodles. 

 If you walk into the art room and it is totally silent, we're focused on doodling.  

 

Grades 3, 4 and 5 have started the year with black fine pointed sharpies and white paper.

We all love drawing these doodles as it is creative and meditative.

 

Mrs. McGill's class wrote and illustrated a classbook, Zenned Inside and Out, which they sent electronically to Mr. Matt's class in Malasyia. 
Check out this classbook under "Students" on our school webpage.
 

We made our initials.

 

 

We just made designs.

We talked about doodling any place, anytime, any paper, and any pencil.

 

We even made new letters for our Stony Point Newsletter!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

Mrs. Butler's 1st graders

 

 

are creating a class totem to build community.

 



 

Stony Point students in clay 

 

 Last year, the 5th graders made clay faces of themselves. 

We mounted them onto plywood, grouted and they are finally hanging in the hall!

Zentangles

 

A zentangle is a doodle, an abstract design on white paper with a black sharp pointed marker.  It has no orientation and is not a recognizable object.  There are no mistakes.  That said, a zentangle design can cross any boundry and we are only limited by our imagination.  This activity is very meditative... the room gets quiet., very quiet.. the kids love it!

One student said, "It's really quiet and you didn't even tell us not to talk."

 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRz5ZFDO0hk  Doodling by Art ala Cart

 

This is one video we like and we watched it with no sound.....

 

We made zentangle doodles in 3 " squares and circles... 6 to a page.

 

 

 

4th graders want to continue with this exercise.  There was talk of doing our initials or choosing a recognizable object and maybe even adding some color.  Check back to see what we decide to do.

 

Art Camp 2014

 

 

We're having WAY TOO MUCH FUN in art camp.

copper

cut and design glass

sculpy and glass jewelry

tile mosaics

 



Stony Point Dragons

 

Clay Self-portraits

 

After 5th graders finished their colored pencil self-portraits, we decided to make  clay ones while it was still fresh in our minds.  They came out as individual as the students are.

 

 

We liked making so much, we made small ones.  These were glazed with the same color as our Stony Point dragon's scales and attached together like a mosaic.

We haven't decided where these two panels will go.  They're about 12x22 each.

 



 

 

Sketching

 

 

Most projects start with sketching.  It gives us time to think and organize our thoughts.  It's like making a "web" before you start writing.  This kind of sketching is individual.

 

 

 

 

 

Sketching is also for note-taking.  It helps our brains process and remember facts.  We also write down important things we want to remember.  this we might do as a whole group.

 



 

3rd grade African Trading beads

 

As part of a unit on Mali, we made these beads.  Years ago when Europeans first went to Africa, they traded glass millifore beads for salt and gold.  African children are given beads as part of a naming ceremony to wear all their lives.  Beads are very important to them even now, as they are passed down from generation to generation.