Art Smart

Pre-Kinder continued their studies of color and color mixing with salt painting. This many step process was a feat of concentration for our 4 year olds, and they did a great job. Each student create three looping lines and  then drew them again in glue. Then after the glue was dried they applied diluted food coloring and watched the colors move as the liquid was absorbed by the salt. If they placed colors close together, they could watch them mix themselves! Very cool! Click here for close ups! 

Click here for close ups! First Graders studied the cave paintings found in Lascaux, France, dating back nearly 17,300 years. These paintings are some of the best known surviving Paleolithic Art. The first graders took a virtual tour of the cave, and looked for clues about the artists. In the caves they saw bison, deer, birds, cats and people. The first graders focused on the following objectives: ·     I know all cultures make art. ·     I can use blending to make value. ·     I can use Art words to talk about my choices. 

Click here for close ups! Pre-kinder started off the year learning about lines and colors. They combined their cool and crazy lines along with the colors in rainbow sequence to make some fun and funky portraits!

Fourth and Fifth Grade art club members have been busy creating volcanoes! They finished them last week and on Wednesday we made them erupt. It was a fun and messy afternoon! 

Jose (Pre-Kinder)  The CIPLC Art Room has been a busy place the last few weeks! High school and Middle school have been working on an extensive review of the Elements of Art and the Principles of Design, and the elementary students have been working on their own review. Everyone is starting our first big unit, Drawing, the elementary and early childhood students are working on Art in the Ancient World, while the upper level students are working on perspective and portraits. Here is a quick peek at some of the art soon to be making its way out of the Art Room and on display ! Thomas and Sophia M. (First)  From Left to Right: Roberto, Rissel, Pablo, Mia, Gabriela and Joshua (First)  Kanta (Kinder)  Dhaleska and Dion (Kinder)  

Welcome again to another year in the CIPLC Art Room! The students are settled in, the first projects are starting to go up around school - and its getting explosive in Art Club! The fourth and fifth grade art club members are building volcanoes! We are tentatively setting our explosion date for next Wednesday the 12th of September, after school in front of the Art Room. Check back for more details! In the meantime, take a look at the volcanoes in progress!