2nd Grade - Line and Shape Shoe Design

Second graders have been working with lines and shapes. They used the basic shapes and lines to create unique, colorful, shoe designs.

By Lily Chongswaltdi

 By Braxton Gilpin

 By Avery Porter

Taylor Harris

 Austin O'bryan

Kayden Parker

Student Portfolios

Last year I tried out a new idea, student portfolios. It seemed to work really well and I got a lot of good feedback about it, so this year we are making the portfolios again. I decided that each grade would learn about a famous artist and create the design on the front of the portfolio in the style of that famous artist. Here are some images of the portfolios from a few of the grades that have finished.



Kindergarten - Famous Artist Wassily Kandinsky

Kindergarten students created an abstract work of art in the style of famous artist Kandinsky. One of his most famous works was titled "Squares with Concentric Circles" shown here

Here are some of the student portfolios created by a few of the Kindergarten students in the style of Kandinsky

Second Grade - Famous Artist - Vincent Van Gogh

Second grade students created a work of art on the front of the portfolios in the style of the famous artist Vincent Van Gogh. One of his most famous works was titled "Sunflowers". Van Gogh actually painted more than one famous painting of sunflowers. Here are some of them shown below.

Here are some of the student portfolios created by a few of the second graders in the style of Van Gogh.

First Grad - Famous Artist - Joan Miro

First graders created art on the student portfolios in the style of abstract artist Joan Miro. He used mainly lines and shapes in his art. Below are some images of art by Joan Miro.

Here are some of the student portfolios created by a few of the first graders in the style of Joan Miro

Fifth Grade - Famous Artist - Gustav Klimt

Fifth graders created art in the style of Klimt. One of his most famous works was titled "The Tree of Life" Fifth graders made trees in the style of Klimt for the front of the student portfolios. Below is an image of the "Tree of Life" painting

Here are some of the student portfolios created by a few fifth graders in the style of Klimt.

Third Grade - Famous Artist - Piet Mondrian

Third graders learned about the artist Piet Mondrian. He mainly used squares, rectangles and straight lines in his art. He used red, blue, yellow, black and white. Students created letters from in this style of art. They used the first letter of their first name. Below are some images of his works.

Here are some student portfolios created by a few third graders in the style of Piet Mondrian.

 Maddy Kingery



Art Room Update

Each year I like to add some new things to the art room. This year I added several new things to the outside of my room. I got several nice compliments about the new decorations. Most of the ideas I got from Pinterest, which is the most wonderful site for a teacher and artist, it is truly addicting.

The first thing I made was these wonderful wooden letters that spell out the word ART. I have them hot glued to the wall right as you enter the room. I got the letters at Hobby Lobby, I liked these best because they are big and thin so they work great being glued to the wall. I used puff paints to do the designs on the letters. These worked ok, I was looking for a paint that I could get a lot of details, this was not really the case with the puff paints, however they worked well enough.

I have been doing a lot of cool designs using Zentangles, these are line and shape designs that create intricate patterns. I made this Zentangle ART sign to go above the door of my art room.

You can go to the link below to check out everything Zentangle related

Zentangle Patterns

I made this colorful WELCOME sign to go out beside my door as the students enter the art room. I got this idea from Pinterest as well. It was very easy, I used patterned scrapbook paper to cut out the letters and I used black and colored construction paper for the round circles.

I hope you enjoy the new updates to the ART room as much as I have!!

Welcome Back !!!

I just want to welcome everyone back for another great school year here at Nichols Elementary. I am very excited about another wonderful year in the art room! Currently all grades are working on portfolio folders to store art in throughout the year. Each grade has learned about a famous artist while doing this. I will post some pics as soon as classes begin to finish these. Hope everyone is having a good start to the new school year, see you around and enjoy the art blog.