The Morse School Art Show will be held at Gallery 263 from May 19- May 24! The artist reception is tba, either Tuesday or Wednesday evening of that week.
Annual City-wide Art Show January 29, 2014
The Cambridge Public Schools is having an art show at the Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center! Every elementary and upper school will be represented by 10 students, as well as high school work.
This year, the Morse School is showing artwork by 3 4th graders, 4 2nd graders, and 3 1st graders. I’ll post pictures of their work next week.
If you would like to attend the opening reception:
February 6th
4-7pm
41 Second St., East Cambridge
Self portraits January 27, 2014
First graders used 3 values to create their self portraits. They realized that if they start with a light value to create an initial sketch, they can edit and fix a drawing with darker values. The original light value almost disappears! Students looked at many Modigliani portraits Students drew with markers only, no pencils. After drawing, they painted water on top to activate the water-soluble markers and mix the colors together.
Smiles soon appearing! January 26, 2014
The 5th graders are hard at work on their Smile Project. In the past, we have done paintings and relief tiles; this year, reduction prints. The students carved their smile characters into soft linoleum blocks and printed them. Next, they will cut away more of the block and reprint on top of the first round prints. These hidden prints should start to make an appearance throughout school in 3 weeks or so.
Free art workshop this Sunday! January 24, 2014
Gallery 263, our kind annual art show host, is offering a free workshop this weekend.
Sunday, January 26th, 2-5pm
263 Pearl Street
“Upcycled Collages is a hands-on family-friendly workshop with the artists from Life of Materials offering guided instruction on creating sustainable art. Participants will learn about dynamic composition making through the development of original two and three-dimensional collages, using the artists’ own working materials including old t-shirts, twine, wood, and more. Workshop is drop-in, free and open to the public, supplies will be provided.
Feel free to e-mail: contact@gallery263.com with questions about this workshop!”
Finished Suns January 16, 2014
Some of the kindergarteners’ sandpainted suns are on display in the main hallway near the nurses office. Other suns are being saved for the Morse School Art Show!
Fish! January 15, 2014
The junior kindergarteners are nearing the end of their fish unit. They drew fish, sculpted clay fish, created fish from yarn, collaged fish, and painted patterns onto fish. Next up will be wire jellyfish mobiles!
For the collage fish, students looked at the art of Eric Carle and noticed how he uses painted paper for the shapes. Selecting from pre-cut shapes, students had to identify appropriate shapes for the body, tail, and fins. Eyes, mouths, gills, and a background were added with oil pastels.
After reading Pattern Fish, students painted patterns using shapes, colors, letters, and numbers onto large pre-drawn fish.
Squishy and Scratchy Textures January 14, 2014
The spec. needs K/1 class has begun a unit on the 5 senses. Up first is the sense of touch.
After describing various objects and what they feel like, the students created sandpaper prints. They colored a sheet of sandpaper, using a lot of elbow grease. The sandpaper was ironed onto fabric, which melts the crayon onto the fabric.
The second day, students reached into bags and guessed the mystery objects using their sense of touch only. Turns out guessing cups, keys, coins, paintbrushes, etc. is easy! The students created shaving cream prints using shaving cream and liquid watercolors.
The squishy wet texture of the shaving cream was much preferred over the rough sandpaper!!
Emphasizing Dots January 12, 2014
Happy New Year!
In Drawing Lab, students have been learning about the elements of art and principles of design. Before vacation, they learned about emphasis. Artists use emphasis to draw your attention to one particular part over others. Emphasis can be shown through size, color, placement, detail, and shape.
Using only dots, students were challenged to emphasize one dot by using size, color, and placement. Can you tell which one they were targeting?
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