Art Kids of Benavidez Elementary
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Aboriginal X-Ray Paintings
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First through fifth grade students studied Aboriginal Art of Australia. Students looked at photographs of dot paintings and "X-ray...
Class Quilts Build Sense of Community
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Students in grades 1 - 5 created "Class Quilts" using watercolor self-portraits. The students also studied pattern and design in t...
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Pre-K and Kinder Begin the Year with Study of Self
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Pre-K and Kindergarten studied their own faces in a mirror. They looked at shapes, sizes, and positions of their facial features - eyes, nos...
Impressionist Exhibit At Houston MFA Leaves Impression on Art Club Kids
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Benavidez Art Club Kids took an end of year field trip to the Houston Museum of Fine Arts to see the visiting Impressionist Exhibition from ...
Friday, May 6, 2011
Mexican Folk Art
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Students studied the folk art of Josefina Aguilar from Oaxaca, Mexico. She crafts everyday figures from clay. Students created the original ...
Art Club Kids Explore Sumi-e Painting
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Sumi-e painting the Japanese way requires students to make their own ink and study the special brushstrokes used to create flowers and bambo...
Van Gogh Sunflowers presented by Fourth and Fifth Grades
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Fourth and fifth graders painted with acrylic paint on canvas showing brushstrokes like Vincent Van Gogh.
Ode to Van Gogh - Sunflowers
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Students in grades Pre-K - 5 studied the art of Vincent Van Gogh. We created a still life of sunflowers so that we could use the same techni...
Friday, April 1, 2011
Van Gogh and The Sunflowers - Drawing from Life
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Vincent Van Gogh loved to paint from observation. This rotation, we studied Van Gogh's bright beautiful paintings and especially the ...
More Monet Monet Monet
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Art students studied light, reflection, environment and atmosphere in looking at the art of Claude Monet. The children compared the haystack...
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Monet, Impressionism, and Memory Landscapes
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Students in grades 1- 5 studied the art of Claude Monet. They imagined a beautiful place in their mind they remembered seeing in the past. T...
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