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, June 8, 2017

Congrats to our 5th graders...

Our 5th graders have been a part of our school for a long time and we will miss them dearly! Good luck in middle school you guys! Here is a few of their final art project at Brownsville...









































Tuesday, June 6, 2017

going strong till the last day of school....

The BES art department is going strong until the last day of school! We are finishing up projects, having final art critiques, passing back art work and giving out the last bit of "magic" as the students leave our classroom for the last time this school year. We have truly enjoyed teaching each and every student in our school. Thank you for being creative.

2nd grade finishing stitching, 3rd grade completes their Metal Repouse and oil pastel designs, 5th grade is done with their foreshortening self portraits and 4th grade's landscape weavings are pulled off the looms and shared with the class. Amazing art work all the way to the end of school. WOW!