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

Sunday, February 26, 2017

Collaboration Between Kindergarten and High School Art Students

     Cannot wait for you to see these projects in person! Some of the Kindergarten art students at Brownsville Elementary and some of the art students at Western   High School worked together to create art. 
     Here is how it happened... Every year the kindergarten classes at BES listen to the story Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak Then they draw a picture of their own Wild Thing using large shape, small shapes, patterns and colors with crayons. Once done with the patterns they paint with watercolors to create a crayon resist. In their classroom they write a description about their Wild Thing to explain even more details about the drawings. Once complete the pictures were sent to Western High School. (Last year they were shared with AHS) The craft students at the High School then turn the 2D drawings into 3D sculptures by using found materials and recycled objects. They are being displayed at the WAHS library for a couple of weeks, next they will be on display at the ACPS Fine Arts Festival at Fashion Square Mall March 12-26. After the festival they will be displayed in the library at BES. Hope you can check it out soon...




Tuesday, February 14, 2017

Happy HEART Day! Love is all you need...

and here at BES you get plenty of love from our awesome students. Pre-school shows us love with heart people.