Illuminated Initials with 3rd Grade

After learning about Illuminated Manuscripts, students tried their hand at creating decorative letters.

Secondary Color Study with Kindergarten

These beautiful pumpkins were painted by mixing primary colors together to get secondary colors by one of my kindergarten classes.  

Painting with TEXTURE

Inspired by Vincent Van Gogh, students used small strokes of watercolor to fill in their rooster drawings with color.  Students came back with additional color and layers of line to really create beautiful visual TEXTURE all over the composition.

Students featured at 2017 FAEA Conderence

Here are works of art by Chet's Creek students in the Florida Art Educator Association Student Ary Exhibition.(  The top three pictures).  Awesome work!!!!!

After School Art students working on Themselves

It's not easy figuring out all those dimensions and shadows.

These students are working on self portraits.  

Illuminated Initials

Students in 3rd grade are learning about books from the Middle Ages called Illuminated Manuscrips.  We are now making Illuminated Initials.  This also helps use cover symbolism in art.

Teachers in the art lab!!!

All our teachers came together in our Art Lab to paint and decorate our WORD for this year. 

Sunflower collages with Kimdergarten

My kindergarten era are working on texture so we created these beautiful sunflower collages.  Each layer has wonderful texture.

Rhythm and Movement collages

After School Art Class is finishing up the 1st project

We have really worked on our endurance. In art as we have spent quite a bit of time on this project.  Some are really turning out well!

Pow Wow with Kindergarten

We learned about painting with natural dyes and painting with paint made from nature.

2nd Grade Still Life

This was a wonderful project that was made up of  several I projects.  First, we discusses symmetry and symmetrical balance in art.  Then we made a symmetrical vase. We talked about pattern and did scratch art on vases. Then we talked about texture when we painted our backgrounds.  Then we moved to collage for our flowers and finally oil pastel blending on our fruit. Whew!!!!!  But aren't they beautiful?? 

Making clay dragonflies

These 5 th grade students are building clay dragonflies as they review FORM.

Cute kitties

My kindergarten class is learning how shape and line create images.

Collage Still Life

My 2nd grade students have had multiple mini lessons with this project.  First we learned about symmetry with the vase.  Then we observed placement in composition to creat depth.  Finally we learned about collage.  It took endurance on their part.

Symbolism

These students created personal Crests that symbolized themselves or their families.

First grade warm and cool color study.

Below you will see some wonderful examples of warm color fish swimming in cool color oceans. This was a lesson talking about ANALOGOUS NEIGHBORS and how we can make the warm colors "pop out" from the cool colors. These students are doing a fabulous job!  This project was full of lessons on pattern and texture as well

Awesome Artist!!

A huge THANK YOU to Dennis Swidorsky who volunteered to paint my outside board for this year's theme, "the Adventure Begins."  How awesome is this ??? 

1st grade Story Quilts

My first graders wrote a very quick story, illustrated it and then turned it into a Story Quilt.  This was inspired by the storyquts of Faith Ringgold.

Kindergarten portraits

At the end of the year, I find it a good te to try projects that will introduce lessons they will do next year.  Kind of like a pre practice.  These kindergarten students have done an outstanding job!