All hail 1st grade royalty!

1st graders created these detailed castles by focusing on combining geometric shapes.  They were also required to mix the secondary colors from the primaries.  Materials: black oil pastel and liquid watercolors-I just recently discovered liquid watercolors, and find them very effective in painting large areas! 

This is a tried and true color wheel project, but is quite challenging for 3rd graders.  Subject: aliens!   Each week one brave student has been taking the "color wheel challenge" by arranging paper squares in the correct order on the board. 

What an incredible double neck guitar design! I am so proud of this 4th grader!

4th graders recently finished a challenging project on value.  They were required to create a value scale in the neck of a guitar, and then develop a design for the guitar body, adding 3 additional values. 

There is a lot of intricate cutting involved in this collage.  Composition is key!.

Keith Haring was the inspiration for this 5th grade collage project, which is the second in our figure drawing unit.  Just dance!

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Can you tell where I am?  Hint: it's my favorite city, and you will see the Eiffel Tower if you visit!

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