7th graders Monet Impression sunrise paintings

7th graders spent a lot of time building up warm and cool colors to make these beuatiful Impressionist paintings. We were inspired by Monet's sunrise paintings, as well as his use of texture in nature.

Building up that color:

End of Day 1:

Final results:

Harlem Renaissance Aaron Douglas projects

8th graders learned about the Harlem Renaissance during Black History Month in Literature and Social Studies, so we also connected it to Art. We learned about the amazing Harlem Renaissance artist Aaron Douglas and re-created his style art.

Aaron Douglas originals:

First, we used mod-podge and tissue paper to create a 3 color toned background:

Then we used black, white and grey to paint the foreground, middle-ground and background elements; taking into account the emotions African-Americans faced during the Harlem Renaissance.

Pre-K recycled material rainbows

In Pre-K, we organized colors in the rainbow order: red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple, and glued together all of the different recycled objects: marker caps, ripped paper, ribbon, beads, felt pieces, etc., in the shape of a rainbow.

Making homemade play-doh

We had a lot of fun creating our very own play-doh in Nursery. We used flour, salt and water to get the consistency of the play-doh just right, Then, each student got their own piece of homemade play-doh to take home.

Nursery cupcakes with sprinkles!

Students in Nursery colored and glued small paper pieces and beads to these beautiful cupcakes to go along with their baking unit.