After reading a book about sorting and grouping, junior kindergarteners explored my junk collection, or found objects. They collected objects according to color, shape, size, texture, and other characteristics. After sorting through the objects, students then began creating images using the junk as collage objects.
Speaking of my junk collection, if you have anything that you think i might want, please drop it off to the Art Studio!
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.
In Kindergarten we created self-portraits out of clay. The students first learned how to create basic volumes out of clay, such as a ball, long ropes, and ovals. The students were able to refer to their two-dimentional self-portraits the class had made the previous week to help them see the proportions of their features. We added eyes, a nose, a mouth, ears, and hair to create our individual portraits. They have so much personality and look fantastic!
The kindergarten class started their evergreen tree project by creating trees in perspective. In class we discussed why little trees look far away and larger trees are in the foreground. Once the students created their 2D landscapes we looked at individual evergreen needles. Students etched sketches of their needles into pieces of foam
and eventually printed their needles.
-Ms. Tracey
The Morse School Art Show
@ Gallery 263
263 Pearl Street
April 23-28
Artists’ reception: Thursday, April 26, 5-7pm
There will be: drawings, paintings, prints, collage, a mural, sculptures, movies. There will be: self portraits, landscapes, multicultural art, dragons, architecture, stuffed animals, flowers.
Coming soon!
This past Friday was the science fair at school. The Special Start preschool’s table represented a science and art collaboration we did earlier in the school year. Students inquired and inspected an amarylils bulb, predicted what it would look like, and measured its weekly growth. In the art studio, they created the root system, chose the correct bulb shape, and predicted the blossom. Hopefully you had a chance to check out the fair on Friday!
Here are some glowing comments from the guestbook at the Morse School Art Show:
“Fabulous work by the Morse students- as usual!”
“Love this event, great job!”
“It was great to see my grandson’s artwork, and I was very impressed with all of the exhibits.”
“Fantabuloso!”
“Wonderful artwork- thank your for supporting Morse School!!”
If you haven’t made it to the Morse School Art Show, you still have 3 days to see the artwork! Here are some photos from last Thursday’s opening. Also, click on the link below to see more pictures.
The 4th graders started their Chinese brush painting unit yesterday. Before they can even begin to use the special bamboo brushes, they needed to make ink wells and brush stands for themselves. With clay, each student made a 3-part ink well (for various shades of india ink), as well as a brush stand to hold 2 brushes. After vacation, they will glaze the items, and begin to learn the careful brush techniques!
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