Our classroom

This is the Shamrock Studio.

Kindergarten

The Kindergarten artists start the year exploring the elements of art. We have almost worked our way through LINE. They will create a booklet for each element. Yesterday the artists painted lines using large and small brushes. We discussed all the different lines they could make and learned basic brush skills.

More Jasper Johns

More Creative Choice

Kids are so cool!! Here are more creative choice 18x24 paintings by the third grade artists.

Andy Goldworthy Collaborations

The fourth grade artists studied the artist Andy Goldsworthy. They were amazed at his natural creations and even more amazed by the fact he brought nothing with him to the work site to help him create his work. The students artists went to Shamrock's outdoor lab to collect and design their creations. This activity was done in groups and involved planing and problem solving.

To find out more about Mr. Goldsworthy please check out this you tube video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dq1Sw35mYzc

Jasper Johns

The second grade artists just finished their study of the pop artist Jasper Johns. The student artists loved learning that Jasper Johns used symbols that we see all the time as design objects instead of information objects. They also enjoyed using the stencils to create their work just like Mr. Johns did.

Creative Choice

Here in the Shamrock Studio we talk about using our imaginations. The third grade artists discussed how using our imaginations help us problem solve. We watched a great (and short) video from brainpop.com about the science of imagination. The student artists then created paintings on 18x24 paper. They did a great job. Imagine!!