Making Paper

 The Wilson Wildcats are finishing up the school year in art class by making handmade paper and relief prints.  The students and I have enjoyed making our own paper and each day students teach me new techniques to refine this messy, hands on art process. I am learning that the paper takes a long time to dry on rainy days. Here are some pictures from our first batch.

Cereal Boxes

4th grade graphic designers invented a cereal brand and then designed a box that would grab the attention of their customers

  

 

4th Grade Creative Mugs

4th grade has been getting creative with their mug designs. They formed mugs using the slab method and added details like faces, symbols, and handles. The students are now applying glaze to prepare their work for the final firing in the kiln.

The students came up with the idea to make fans to dry the glaze faster in between coats! 

Art Show

The students did a wonderful job presenting the art show on the evening of February 9th. A great crowd showed up to view the work. Thank you to family, staff, and community members who came to support our students' creative achievements. Many of the fifth and sixth grade students took an active role in preparing and hanging the artwork in the show and I am proud of their hard work.  I also want to thank the parent volunteers who helped put the art show together and the Wilson PTA for their financial support.

Art Show on February 9th From 5:30-8:00

The Wilson Wildcats have been hard at work preparing for the art show. The theme for this year’s exhibition is Super Hero’s. Students have been studying graphic novels and comic books in order to perfect their own technic. Some of the students favorites are El Deafo by Cece Bell and Ghosts by Raina Telgemeier. We have also been looking at the art work of Roy Lichtenstein, a famous pop artist whose paintings imitate comic books. Students have practiced using different comic book mark making techniques including ben-day dots, stipple dots, hatching, and cross hatching. I have been impressed with our students’ enthusiasm and I am proud of the active role they have taken in planning the art show. Be sure to stop in and see the results of their hard work! The art show is on February 9th from 5:30-8:00pm. I hope to see you there!

6th graders preparing their artwork for display

Ancient Greek Vases

4th graders drew their inspiration from ancient Greek vases for this project. They used lots of oil pastel and India ink to start their drawing and then scratched away the surface to show they layers underneath.

More Reused Robots

Here are some more found object robots created by fourth graders. Enjoy!

Reused Robots

4th grade students practiced drawing three-deimensional forms and then used this knowledge to draw a robot. They used silver, grey, white, and black paint to add shadows and highlights to the forms of their robots. As a final touch, we used pages from old encyclopedias for backgrounds.

The encyclopedia pages were great found objects and this made me wonder what the students could do with other found objects. I gave each student three or four found objects and some wire and some pipe cleaners and told them to invent a robot using those materials. The results were entertaining!