Artist of the Week 12 / 19 / 2020

4th Graders have been working on some landscape pictures for the hallway. We talked about evergreen trees, or conifers, and learned that there are many more kinds than just our state tree, the pine tree. Students used oil pastel and then finished their work with tempera water paint. There are many beautiful examples and more will be going up in the hallway throughout this winter season.
The student I am choosing to recognize today is part of an awesome group of friends. They all do amazing work in the art room. They often share ideas and techniques, but also aren't afraid to go their own way and make artwork that looks different than their friends. This student is quiet and creative and always does a great job! I really like the purples that she mixed into her sky, the different greens she used in her trees and the shadows she put under them. Nice work IC in Ms. Phippen's 4th Grade Class, Student Artist of the Week

Artist of the Week 12 / 12 / 2019

• It's pretty much any teacher's dream when a student takes a skill that they learned in the classroom and then takes that information home to expand on it. The student I am recognizing this week did just that! This student is kind, respectful, and challenges themself in the art room. They weren't happy with their first results when cutting snowflakes, but kept trying, knowing and believing that they could do better. They were able to get a product that they liked better in class, but also took this technique home and then expanded on the idea, carefully balancing their cut snowflakes in this mobile! I hope they won't mind if I share this idea with other 5th graders! Nice work HL in Mrs. Gerrish's 5th Grade Class, Artist of the week!

Artist of the Week 12 / 4 / 2019

  Fourth Graders have been learning about the Color Wheel. If you organize the 3 Primary Colors in a triangle and then put the Secondary Colors that are created by the pairs of Primary Colors between them you will get a simple Color Wheel. There is a special relationship between a Primary Color and a Secondary Color directly across from each other on the wheel. These three groupings are called Complimentary Colors. Students created a painting using one set of Complimentary Colors. There were some beautiful peace signs, an amazing fox, and other really cool paintings, but the student I am choosing to recognize really took his time mixing different purples to put on top of his yellow background. Congratulations LC in Ms. Phippen's 4th Grade Class for his painting of a British Flag using complimentary colors, student artist of the week!