Penguins!

First graders used their planning, cutting and gluing skills to create these happy penguins. 

Paper, scissors and creativity in art class.

Frosty Pine Trees

First graders used chalk pastel to create these lovely frosty pine trees.

They started with 2 papers taped together to make a paper stencil for the soft chalk pastel sky.

Next they drew tall pine trees with layers of chalk.

And added a cast shadow in the snow. 

Frosty Pine Trees!

Winter Landscape

My littlest students learned about landscapes, painting, big and small and coloring.

Pre-k and early childhood students began with simple shapes to draw a house ...

...then painted white snow. 

Next they used 3 dots to paint a big triangle pine tree in the foreground. 

Then they used 3 dots to paint a smaller triangle pine tree on the horizon line. 

They finished with a snowy background. 

A beautiful frosty landscape created by 3 to 5 year old artists. 

Board Room Display

Tate Woods school displays student art work at our district board room for the month of January. Here is the current display - Snowflakes, snowmen having fun, frosty pine trees and printed poinsettias.

Picasso Inspired Collages

Second graders looked at the collage work of Pablo Picasso and used a guitar or other stringed instrument of their choice as a focal point for their collage.

They started by tearing or cutting xerox copies of music into shapes to make a stencil, added chalk pastel on top and rubbed the chalk with a tissue to create a soft, colorful background.

Next they glued their stencils in a random pattern and added musical notes with a sharpie.

They looked at a guitar to see all of the parts they needed to cut out of paper...

... and it all came together in a lively, colorful and musical collage.