2011-2012 Recap

 It felt like this school year FLEW by me! Even though it went by in a flash, there was plenty of art making going on at Corner. This year, the seventh and eighth graders focused on the art history timeline. We started in pre-historic times (think cavemen) and ended in Modern art times. Sixth grade took a world art tour of different countries including Mexico, Egypt, Africa, and more. Fifth grade learned the recipe to art, Art Elements. In my elementary classes, we did a mix of it all from a really fun fairy tale/Medieval times unit to American folk artist, Grandma Moses. To conclude our school year, I (and with a little help from my friends) put up an over 1,000 piece artwork display! It truly was an amazing site! If you didn't get a chance to roam the halls for the week it was up, here is a an abbreviated version:

 

Wow! Corner has some amazing artists. I can't wait for what they will do in this next school year!

Art and Football?

This year, I am only seeing my elementary students every other week. :( 

But..... I have time and the opportunity to visit them in their classrooms for some special projects. 

The first special project I have done was with Mrs. Seller's first grade class. We made football players! Usually, I ban all football talk, symbols, whatevers from my classroom but since this was something special for just their class, I made the exception (Auburn/Alabama rivalry is instilled in them at a young age, ha!). 

The students chose whether they wanted to be a Corner player, Alabama player, or an Auburn player. (Can you believe only one student chose Auburn!?!) We made helmets, footballs, and finished them off with the jersey number, 1. 

Aren't they cute!

Loads of Art!

After spring break, the end of the year came fast. Here are some projects completed by all grades:

Wayne Thiebaud inspired desserts by 5th grade (3rd and 4th also did this project):

and by Kindergarten, 1st, and 2nd grades:

Color Wheel Tints and Shades by 6th grade:

Grades 5th-8th watched a couple of videos on stars and the universe, drew and brainstormed star shapes and why they look the way they do, and viewed paintings of stars/night scenes for this Van Gogh's Starry Night project. Each grade had their own take on the subject. These really turned out BEAUTIFULLY!

8th grade paintings:

7th grade oil pastel:

6th grade silhouettes:

5th Grade chalk and oil pastels:

Kindergarten through 2nd grade blasted off with rockets!