Check out what we have been busy making in the art room the past few months!

Paper mache piggy banks

Wow Was this cool!  Studio Art Club created paper mache piggy banks!  We used a balloon to get the shape and then taped on egg creates, bottle caps, and paper to create the animal shape.  Then, we wrapped those funky little things with paper mache strips- that's the fun, messy part!  Over the next week the paper mache dries and the balloon pops making the inside hollow and the perfect place to put money!  Students then painted their new creatures, glued on details, and then we cut the slit in the top and a hole in the bottom and there you have it- Piggy Banks!

                            

castles and dragons!

This first grade class created dragons out of model magic and then made a castle background!  Look in their castle doors to see who lives inside!

Out of this world

This was a multi-step multi-media art project.  First graders created their space background using an watercolor resist technique- their planets were created by blending oil pastels.  Then, using model magic students created their rockets!

Batik landscapes

This 4th grade class did Batik Painting.  This is an art form that originated in Indonesia where hot wax is melted and put onto fabric and then dyed.  We took a different approach but tried to get the same effect.  This requires lots of patience and Trust!

 First students draw their landscape and then outline the pencil very thickly with chalk.  Students must paint in the areas not once, not twice, but THREE times!  Once that is dry, they take black India Ink and paint over all their hard work.  Believe me this is not easy to do after spending weeks painting!  Once the ink dries, students come over to the sink area and slowly wash off the ink- this gives it a neat effect.

Finally, chalk pastel is applied to add detail and fill in some areas.