Pop Up Drawings and Roy Lichtenstein!

The student below is working on pop up sketches of ideas he has about a video game he would like to invent. Could you create your own character for a comic strip, cartoon, or video game? Extra challenge: Can you draw the character with its head turned in different directions?

Below is a similar work by artist Roy Lichtenstein who was also inspired by comic strips. This work is titled "Whaam!" and its influence came from when he served in the United States Army during World War II.

Artwork From Home and Hand Drawings!

Students at Woodrow Wilson continue to keep up a home studio practice.

This student had to go slow and really look as she made an observation drawing of her hand.

Below is a well known hand drawing artists named M.C. Escher. Notice how both artists paid special attention to details in their drawings. How do you pay attention to details in your artwork?

Artwork Done At Home Take 2

Below is more artwork done at home. Having a home art making practice is a great way to brush up on your CRAFT. Craft is when artists take the Time to Practice with different techniques, tools, and materials. The student below is working on a seris of hockey player drawings. He draws them from observation from the hockey cards he collects. If you made a seris of artwork what would your subject be? Below his work is a painting by Emily Eveleth. Emily has been working on a series of Jelly Donut paintings for many years. Check out more of her work here: http://www.emilyeveleth.com/index.html

This student drew her dream bedroom.

This student keeps his artwork in a transparent folder.

Last we have the first painting brought in from home. This is an emoji with heart eyes sticking out his tongue. Nice Background! Here is a challenge: Can you create an emoji that does not yet exist?

Keep up your home art practice!

Artwork Done at Home!

Here is some recent artwork Woodrow Wilson kids have done at home.  

This is one page of many in a sketch book this student has at home. Sketchbooks are a great way to record your ideas.

This lego sculpture helped us discuss the difference between relief sculpture and sculpture in the round. Do you know the difference?

Grade 3: Textured Paper

Grade three will soon begin to make a landscape collage with this textured paper they created.

Grade 3 One Day Art Show!

Stapleton Grade 2 Animal Head Self-Portraits!

Grade K Patterns!

Pics of our Mandalas to come soon.  Students created many patterns on their mandalas with a new drawing tool called Oil Pastel.   We finished our mandalas early so we made simple pattern bracelets.

Color Wheel Creatures!

We are learning a lot about color in grade one.  Ask your kid to sing you the primary colors song! Today we turned the color wheel into a color wheel creature.  

Spaghetti People and Shape People

Students learned how to use shapes to draw strong shape people.  Pictures show drawings done before and after instruction.

Grade 2 Animal Head Self-Portraits!

Grade 1 Pinch Pots

Here are the first grade pinch pots.  They were delighted to paint them gold.  Students created all different types of pots.  Some had handles, some were big, some small, some had texture.  Once finished they created observation of their pots by really looking and going slow.

The student above decided to draw himself painting his pot and a few friends in the background.

Here we have hot coco spilling from one of the pinch pots.  Oh no better watch out for those wobbly
pots!