Art Show! Thursday, April 20th, 2017

The art show is coming up this month! Make sure to mark your calendars, you don't want to miss this event! We will be having over 800 artworks on display, live music, and much more!

Outstanding Artist Recognition

Recently Mr. O'Neil helped us get frames hung up in the office that student artwork will be placed into and changed periodically throughout the school year. Both art teachers will be selecting some of their students' best work to be on display. These students also receive a certificate and get their photo taken next to their work. The first round of artwork is on display now and it really brightens up the office! Congratulations to these students!  :)

Art in the Streets---in progress

We've been working hard after school on Mondays and Wednesdays to help around 65 students to paint original artwork for the Norwin Art League's 'Art in the Streets' project. These paintings will be hung up on the sides of various buildings all around downtown Irwin.

Check out the Art in the Streets photo album here to see all the photos of kids painting!

5th Grade Portrait Drawing

5th Grade students learned the basics in proportion and placement of features related to portrait drawing. This was a mini lesson that was the precursor to the wire portrait project. Students were asked to draw a portrait first without any instruction, then we drew on together, step-by-step. The improvement in their drawings was amazing!

5th Grade Wire Portraits

Lesson Objectives—Students will be able to....

• Identify who Alexander Calder is and two artworks he has created.
• Identify what a self-portrait is.
• Create a self-portrait drawing with incorrect proportions using simple outlines of features.
• Create a self-portrait drawing with correct proportions using simple outlines of features.
• Create a simple wire portrait using Twisteez wire.

Click here to see the full album of Wire Portraits on Artsonia.

 

 

 

 

6th Grade Graffiti Name Design

Lesson Objectives—Students will be able to....

• Identify street art.
• Identify the difference between graffiti and murals.
• Explain why illegal graffiti is not acceptable.
• Identify the graffiti ‘style’.
• Create a brick background using sponge stamping.
• Create a name ‘tag’ design using bubble letters in a selected style.
• Apply a 3D shadow behind name.
• Apply a set of analogous colors creatively inside the ‘tag’ with oil pastels.
• (optional) Apply splatters of paint with matching analogous colors to name on top of project.

Click here to see the full gallery of Graffiti Name Designs on Artsonia.

 

  

 

  

 

 

5th Grade Paper Molas

Lesson Objectives—Students will be able to....

• Identify a Mola and recall basic information about how the Kuna Indians create them.
• Select an animal that symbolizes personality traits of your choice.
• Use simple shapes to draw a contour line outline of an animal.
• Identify analogous and complementary color schemes.
• Apply an analogous color scheme inside the focal point of your mola  using oil pastels and blending.
• Sew a simple running stitch around the outside of the mola focal point.
• Create an abstract design using complementary colors with oil pastel for the background of the mola.

Click here to see the full gallery of Paper Molas on Artsonia.