Welcome

Welcome to the Brownsville Elementary School art blog. We hope you enjoy exploring the art gallery created by the students in grades Preschool - 5th. The art projects we do with our students allows everyone to experience art through different mediums...

DRAWING

pencils, pens, crayons, markers and colored pencils

~Students start out in the lower grades learning how to draw animals using shapes. Then in the upper grades they learn proportions of the human face and figure. Then they learn how to shade and add value to make their drawings look realistic.

PAINTING

watercolors and tempera paint

~Students start with painting in Kindergarten and build on these skills all throughout elementary school. They learn how to properly use the paints and take care of the brushes.

SCULPTING

clay, wood, wire and found objects

~Clay is a favorite medium in all grades. Each year our clay projects build on each other so that by the time you are in 5th grade you use all the skills to create your sculpture. Kindergarten also uses found object to make faces. Second grade also uses wood to make Kachina Dolls and 4th also uses wire to create wire figures.

PLUS A FEW EXTRAS

print making, weaving and stitchery

~We print in many ways but mostly in 2nd grade, in 3rd grade we love to weave and in 4th (or 5th) we learn stitchery.


All of our students get to be in the studio for 45 mins. a week but they are constantly creating throughout every day.


Artfully yours!
your art teachers, Shannon Horridge and Tetyana Wittkowski

Tuesday, May 20, 2014

5th grade clay exhibit at the Crozet Library

Starting on May 19th some of the 5th grade clay sculptures will be displayed at the Crozet Library. This is a wonderful example of what our 5th graders did in the art room this year. Please stop by the Crozet Library and see their work. 
Monday - Tuesday 1pm-9pm 
Wednesday - Saturday 9am-5pm
Sunday - closed

The display will be taken down Friday, June 7th. 
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Friday, May 2, 2014

Check out what we have been up to in the Art Room at Brownsville...





Spring has sprung and our busy Bees have been working hard to complete their projects. If you haven't had a chance to see our displays at school then check out what we have been doing here on our blog...








5th grade completed their color study unit by making a color wheel out of cookies, icing and food coloring.
















1st grade created their own Tooth Fairies.





















3rd grade discovered how to show perspective when they created their explorers pictures.


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