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

Thursday, March 17, 2016

Art, Art Everywhere!

WoW... we have been busy finishing up our projects and Brownsville is covered in ART! But it's NOT just art from the art room but it's Art from the classrooms as well. In 5th grade they have been using art to teach math. In 4th grade they use art to learn about the plant cycle.  In science class, 3rd grades built simple machine sculptures and games out of recycled materials. 2nd graders studied China and made pagodas out of boxes and paper. One of our 1st grade classes perfected patterns using oil pastels, lines and hearts. Kindergarten made an entire community with houses and roads. While pre-K learned about dinosaurs and then drew themselves as dinosaurs. There is always something new happening here at Brownsville. Come check it OUT!

























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