Avocados, watermelons, and pineapples!

I am so happy to be back in my classroom and creating art!  We started the year with a bang on these POP art inspired projects!  6th grade created the watermelons, 7th grade created avocados, and 8th grade did the pineapples.  Students learned about the pop art movement and a few of the artists responsible for pioneering this amazing art technique. They also practiced creating value and form with color while blending paint.  Some of them even added a little splash of color with some splatter painting at the end. They all turned out so well and I am so glad to have art hanging in our halls again at NSMS!

 

Arts Camp 2014!

It's been such a busy summer! I am just now getting around to posting the fantastic pictures from the annual Arts Camp sponsored by our local Stanly County Arts Council.  My part was just a tiny piece of everything the kids had an opportunity to do this week.  They had theatre, dance, and music each day along with art.  I had four groups, divided roughly by age, and each group created a 16" by 20" canvas painting.  I love how they turned out!  I love even more that two canvases got to come home with me!