Editorial Cartoons
Every year, students in grades 5-8 participate in a local writing and art contest. There are categories in poetry, editorials…
Art Projects for Kids + Tips for the Teacher!
Art Projects for Kids + Tips for the Teacher!
Name Designs– Inspired by Islamic Art– 5th/6th grade
In this project, we studied the repeating patterns found in Islamic art. These students have studied about Islam in their…
Keith Haring Inspired Figures– 4th grade
These are drawings by 4th/5th graders. Who was Keith Haring? What is gesture drawing? The 4/5s learned about the artwork…
Pacific Northwest Coast Masks– third/fourth grades
The third/fourth grade classes made paper mache masks. We used inspiration from the Pacific Northwest Coast masks and viewed a…
Pointillist Trees- third/fourth grade
We learned about the artist Georges Seurat by reading Scholastic Art magazine. Students identified and described Pointillist paintings. They created…
Abstract Trees Inspired by Piet Mondrian
The 4/5s drew trees to complement their studies in Science class. How can line be used creatively to make a…
Sumerian statues– Fourth/Fifth grades
We learned about Sumerian art. The students drew Sumerian statuettes and we also made some figures out of clay! These…
Nonobjective Line Drawing– 3/4s
Third/Fourth Grade: The students learned how to identify realistic, abstract and non-objective art. The 3/4s worked on a non-objective graphite…