We are back!!!

We are back at it and the second grade artists are learning about the artist Kandinsky. We learned all about how he was a fauve artist and hung out with Der Blaue Reiter group. The student artists also learned that kandinsky painted what he thought music would look like. The students have learned the difference between a still life, abstract, portrait and a landscape painting. What a fun way to start the year. We made mono-prints and finished them with black pastels, all while listening to the cool sounds of Luis Bonfa.
http://vimeo.com/2096812

Kandinsky's work that the second grade studied

student mono-print

The red table finishing their work

Ben works on his piece

Nice work

Summer

A book by Nikki McClure

Have a great summer...make lots of art! See you in August.

More Robin Rhode

Check out his great video:
http://www.perryrubenstein.com/artists/robin-rhode/video/street-gym/

Artist Robin Rhode

The fourth grade students learned about South African artist Robin Rhode. His work consists of his imagination and a piece of chalk.
http://www.perryrubenstein.com/artists/robin-rhode/

Then the students created their own pieces. So cool!!

The stubby pencils

To drive the idea of re-purposing home I collected stubby pencils that are usually thrown away. Here is what you can do with garbage! So before you throw anything away, perhaps it can be made into cool artwork.

Check out this show this summer:

http://www.imamuseum.org/exhibition/tara-donovan-untitled

Lego Star Wars

Lego Star Wars:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0z_TU4Gw5o