Ode to Van Gogh - Sunflowers

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 techniques as Vincent. We hope that you enjoy our work. Younger students used watercolors and fourth and fifth graders painted with acrylic on canvas.

Van Gogh and The Sunflowers - Drawing from Life

Vincent Van Gogh loved to paint from observation. This rotation, we studied Van Gogh's bright beautiful paintings and especially the "Twelve Sunflowers". We set up a still life of five sunflowers to draw from observation. It is not as easy as it looks! Come back to see our finished paintings.

More Monet Monet Monet

Art students studied light, reflection, environment and atmosphere in looking at the art of Claude Monet. The children compared the haystacks and even made a virtual visit to Monet's garden to see the waterlily pond and the Japanese footbridge.

Monet, Impressionism, and Memory Landscapes

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. They recreated that place in a memory landscape. Students made their Impressionist Landscapes using pastels. The Fifth Grade Art Club will be going to the Museum of Fine Arts in May to see the Impressionist Exhibit from the National Gallery in Washington, D. C.

Rodeo Ideas

Students in Grades 1-5 studied the New Mexico Landscapes of Georgia O'Keeffe to create interesting backgrounds for their cowboys and cowgirls. Students used oil pastels and images from photographs Mrs. Stewart took on a recent trip to Ghost Ranch in New Mexico to create their artworks. Emphasis on horizon line, foreground, middle ground and background were accented in each original work. The students will continue to study landscape painting in different mediums throughout the school year.

Western Themes

Art Club Kids Visit House of Blues

The Art Club Kids had a wonderful filed trip to the House of Blues - Houston. The HOB has one of the largest collections of folk art in the country and we got to see it first hand. In preparing for the trip we studied artists in the HOB collection along with other well known folk artists such as Clementine Hunter, Rev. Howard Finster, and Sister Gertrude Morgan. The students created their own folk art piece by painting on glass showing background, middle ground, and foreground in their work.

While at the House of Blues the students created a work of art in the style of Mr. Imagination - a folk artist collected by the HOB. Glitter,beans, beads, and other objects were used to create a symbolic artwork. Everyone learned so much and had a great time! The students painted a collaborative project to present to the HOB education director, Ms. Nazanine for her collection.

Symbolic Projects made at the HOB.

Folk art painting on glass.

Students painted on glass - then painted a background to go with their work.

Collaborative work gifted to the HOB.

Leonel the Line Bear

Pre-K and Kinder are learning about shape, color and different kinds of line. Leonel the line bear was their first watercolor painting this year. For some of the Pre-K students, it is their first painting ever!

Starting with the Basics

The basis of most art projects begins with drawing. We began the school year by learning about different kinds of line and different kinds of drawings. We looked at human proportions and drew a person using those proportions. Next we began gesture drawings using ourselves as live models. Then we had mannequins set up in different poses and drew from life. Finally we made a contour line drawing of one of our shoes. Who knew drawing could be so much fun!

Art Club of 2010-2011

Welcome to our new school year. We will be posting our first project of the year in a few days. Come back and check it out!!!