Art Smart

Artist: Mattia  Artist : Joshua  Kindergarteners looked at different weaving and printing styles from Ghana, Gambia and Zimbabwe.  They read the folk tale "Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters" and talked about colors and Patterns. Each student then created their own paper weaving. Check out the rest of the class on Picasa . Artist: Roberto  Artist: Petr 

Third graders learned about Henri Matisse, and created their own goldfish paintings. Each student created a foreground, a middle ground and a background. They then added details to their paintings. All of the colors you see are either primary colors, or colors that the students mixed themselves. Students did a fantastic job creating their own browns, greens, purples and oranges- as well as everything in between. Take a look at more work on Picasa! Valeria V.  Isabela M.  Isabel M.  Valeria P. 

Any high school senior interested in applying to SCAD - Savannah college of Art and Design, who have a GPA of 3.75 or above AND a 27 on their ACT or a 1220 on their SAT, please come talk to me. Thank you, Ms. Makowski 

Artist: Sophia K. Artist: Ana Gabriela  Fifth graders followed up their lesson on color mixing with a painting project. They studied the Paintings of Canadian Artist Emily Carr. Students focused on using as many different tints, tones and shades as they could in their tree paintings. Their work will be going up in the CIPLC library the week of December 12th. Until then, take a look at them on Picasa! Artist: Andrea  Artist: Vanessa 

Luisania  Francisco  Luis While you are dropping by the school, stop in the elementary lab to check out the high school students linoleum cut prints. Students worked in a multi-step process to create some amazing prints. First they had to come up with an interesting, but simple two color design. After they created their design they transferred the first level onto their blocks and began to carve. They began by carving away all the spaces that they wanted to remain white (or the color of their chosen paper). After carving level one students were ready to print the first layer. Next they carved away all of the areas they wanted to remain their first color. Each student then printed the final, and most difficult layer. Carolina  The High school students work on this project has been incredible so make sure you check out all the work from Bees and Flowers, to an excellent Grim Reaper and cool letter-work. ...

CIPLC Fall 2011 Art Show is tonight in the Library! Doors open at 5:30, and the awards ceremony will begin promptly at 6:00. At 6:30 everyone will be invited downstairs to the chapel to enjoy the Middle School and High School band concert. If you can not make it to the show opening this evening, please stop in the CIPLC library anytime from now until December ninth . Student work from grades 1 through 12 is on display. Each student chose their favorite piece of Art from the fall semester to display. There is a lovely collection of drawings, paintings and prints to look at, so please come by.

Middle school Link to color theory quiz 

Check out the high school portraits on Picasa to see who their inspiration artist was. Each inspiration artist is in the comment box below the individual image. Take a look!

Blanca - in progress  Blanca - finished  Alejandro - finished Alejandro - in progress  Middle school students studied Mexican Amate bark paintings. The Amate paintings are rich in color and detail, and look like a visual party on a page. Each student chose a subject for their painting, and then began building borders, shapes, colors and details. You can take a look at all of the paintings in progress here  and the finished paintings on Picasa as well. Antonio - in progress  Antonio - finished  Armando - in progress  Armando - finished 

Artist: Emma Artist: Camila  Second graders learned about the Primary and Secondary colors through several color mixing exercises. They  started with a color wheel, and moved on to experimenting with overlapping colors. Finally students looked at paintings by Sonia Delaunay, and created their own final paintings using all of their new skills. Check out more on Picasa!  Artist: Isabel 

High school art students just completed their painting unit. Each student created a pastiche, or a combination of styles, by choosing a portrait by a Famous artist, and painting their face and personality into the portraits. Take a look in the library to see a selection of the paintings, and then see if you can identify the CIPLC student, and the inspiration artist! The answers will be posted at the end of the week! Also check out the rest of the paintings on Picasa! 

Great Audience, ready for the Bear Hunters to come through the tall grass! The bear is a 21st Century learner - keeping busy in his cave with  his  I-Pad ! Going around the tree Pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten Art and Music classes combined to create an active musical performance. In class the students read the book "We're going on a Bear Hunt" by Michael Rosen. They then learned the song that goes with the story and different hand motions. In Art the students created props to help act out the story. They made grass, a mud puddle, a big lake and a cave. Looking for the Bear in the Cave Going through the lake  A big thank you to all of the parents, staff and students who came to watch the performance. The students were very excited to have you watch their performance! A big thanks to Mr. Lemoine, who played the important role of the bear. Check out a few pictures here as well as on Picasa. Video will be posted soon!

Artist: Elisa Artist: Salomon  Artist: Isabella T.  Artist: Fabiana  First Grade students read the folk Tale Anansi The Spider , by Gerald McDermott, and created their own spiders. Students made the spiders out of paper, and then used printmaking techniques to create a habitat for their spiders to live in. The spiders are currently on display in the CIPLC library as well as on Picasa , please take a moment to look at all of them.

Take a look at the three dimensional word art that fourth grade created during their drawing unit! It went up in the library yesterday! Fourth graders practiced using line and perspective to create the illusion of the three dimensional forms on a two dimensional surface. The results are popping off of the page! Go see them in the library and on Picasa!

Artist: Catherine  Artist: Gabriella  The Third grade Art students took on a fun challenge - they created portraits of the back of their heads! During their drawing unit, they studied perspective and learned how to create distinct backgrounds and foregrounds. Each student first created a background, depicting some part of CIPLC. Then using digital cameras they captured images of themselves from behind. Finally each student added value to their head and placed it onto the   background. Take a look at their portraits here and on Picasa!    Portraits on display in the Elementary Computer Lab now! Take a look in person! Artist: Fabrizzia  Artist: Isabela M. 

First grade students explored different painting by Pablo Picasso. They practiced using line and shapes to create fun and crazy abstract portraits. Take a look at the many faces of first grade, here and on Picasa! Artist: Valentina Artist: Rodrigo A.  Artist: Lucas  Artist: Sol