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, November 1, 2016

Check out what we have been creating...

This is the time of year when we really start settling into our art work at Brownsville. We have finished the projects for Square 1 Art and we are getting into the core of our program. Building foundations and skills for life long learners in art. Being creative helps make learning fun and interesting.
Pre-K molded and formed owls out of clay after reading the book Owl Babies
In Kindergarten students are creating "Wild Things" after listening to the book Where the Wild Things Are
1st graders learn to create figures and horses with shapes. When you put certain shapes together you can create anything.
2nd looked at movements of figures and made a "Community Dancer" collage
3rd, 4th and 5th graders use Art journals provided by the Art Department to take notes, design and free draw
3rd grade gets to use their imagination and design their very own "Secret Place" which is totally their own.
4th grade has begun the 1st drawing lesson using contour lines. We will now draw a still life and color with oil pastels.
5th grade goes into Drawing 102 and adds to their knowledge from 4th grade Drawing 101. This year they will do an observational drawing of bones using shading to create form. 
Kindergarten creates portraits with found objects

1st grade shape people



4th grade Still Life



Kindergarten Wild Things


2nd grade "Community Dancer" project



3rd grade "Secret Place" drawing in Art Journals




2nd grade writes about their "Community Dancer"



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