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

Wednesday, March 29, 2017

Here's what's happening in your neck of the woods...

The art show is over but the art projects continue on at BES! Here is a sneak peak at what the students are working on in the art room as well as in the classroom...






3rd Grade paints landscapes inspired by Wolf Kahn
They discover what color can do as well as gain the understanding of 
background, mid-ground and foreground.










1st grade uses their imaginations when showing the viewer 
an image of their very own Tooth Fairy! 
Each students draws and writes about what their 
Tooth Fairy looks like, how it travels around, and
what type of tooth holder it carries. 
Using patterns, shapes and color
each Tooth Fairy turns out unique. 

























In the 4th grade students have been working very hard in their classrooms at school as well as at home to complete a Virginia Animal project. They did research on the animal of their choosing, wrote reports, drew pictures and made sculptures of their animal. The joys of learning are here in the 4th grade. Now they will present their projects to their class. Wow! AMAZING!



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