When it comes to choice art we need to provide mini lessons called "skill builders" to ensure the students are learning valuable techniques that they can apply when creating their artworks throughout the school year. We are focused on opening the Painting Center this week and in order to do so everyone must complete the skill builder to show they understand how to use the art materials respectfully, and intentionally as well. Here is a photo of our organized and labled painti

1st grade is stepping up the difficulty with some Haunted Houses - they were loving the details! We sketched together step-by step and then I let them add their own elements. The second day we colored small parts of our artwork with crayons, and painted the rest. They are so cute! 2nd-5th grade worked on collage skill builder exercise 3 weeks ago so I could open the collage art center for everyone. This exposed them to a variety of ways to collage and hopefully got their gear

At the end of last week my second graders had time to finish up their first CHOICE ART projects. They are the youngest grade doing choice...

This week grades 2-5 worked on finishing, framing, and writing artist statements for their first CHOICE ART projects. I sent home a flyer...