Paige Creating art....

We loved watching Paige make art! ( and a whole bunch of other entertaining tricks!) What an incredible dog!....ok artists, here we go....

1) What five crayon colors did Paige use for her drawing?
2) Which two of these are primary colors?
3) Which two of these are secondary colors?
4) How do you mix the final color you see her use in the video? ( I have taught you this! :)

Email me your answers!

Life imitates art.....

No, Michael has not gone wild in art class!....more to come on this lesson....and, please take  note  of the matching sweatshirts!...:)

What we are working on.....

Our apologies for the lateness of this update, but we have been busy settling in to our new routines in the art studio! Portfolios are complete and we are currently studying the cubist art of the illustrious Pablo Picasso. Take a closer look and see if you can discover our names embedded in the designs we have created...and soon these folios will begin to fill with the voice of our imaginations!

Future City.....

The Artists at Founders have been learning how to create depth in their work by exploring the concept of foreground, middle ground and background in drawing. They designed cities of the future that encompass what they believe the world will be like in the year 2050!

Summer!

au revoir for the summer! practice your creativity...keep an open mind...and be kind!

whoot! whoot! whoot!....

Just a small sampling of the third grade artists exploration in ceramic sculpture!...We learned to properly attach clay pieces to ensure they would stay put, how to texture with all kinds of found objects, and most importantly, young artists learned how to use complex underglazing techniques to create all kinds of visual interest...enjoy!

Self portrait fish.....

Artists at Founders have been exploring the idea of metaphorical self portraiture and learning to work with water soluble pastels. They have created fish portraits that illustrate how they see themselves as they swim along in their lives!

Arcimboldo slideshow.....

An artist takes a new perspective....

Some Founders artists have been experimenting with working at easels, instead of flat on the tables, to see if this new perspective broadens their thoughts about how they see their art while it is in process....

how to fold a paper fortune teller.....

we are READY, 2010-2011 school year.....

Here we go!....welcome to another year in the studio! Your place to practice right brain thinking, creative problem solving, imagining, visualizing and self expression!....welcome to all of my new 3rd grade artists...and welcome back to my 4th and 5th graders. I am looking forward to another year of working with you to find your creative voice. My hopes and dreams are that you will come to class with an open mind, and an open heart! See you very soon! Ms. G.

learning about warm and cool colors......

senufo cloth = line = gallery

art is....

we have begun!

   Founders artists have already begun to exercise their creative muscles with a short drawing assignment. They chose playing cards that had questions on them such as: "what if people lived in the ocean and fish lived on land?", "what if everyone was magnetic?" and, my all time favorite, "what if a dragon was your next door neighbor?". The great art education theorist, Maxine Greene, said something at a conference that continues to drive my perspective about how I teach.  She stated that "it is necessary, for greatness, that children be capable of imagining the world could be other than it is".  Creativity endures as one of the most powerful tools for change whether your 'medium' is art, engineering, social activism, law.

   Gerry Spence, the 'winning-est' lawyer in the United States, says that creativity is the key to greatness in any field....so....flexing those right-brained muscles are good for you, no matter what you grow up to be!

   Artists are constantly saying to themselves "I wonder, what if?" and these student artists are no different. They are drawing, what the world might look like to them if these "what ifs" were true!

   Please pardon our plain looking studio...we are just getting started!