Mural Brainstorming

Another mural is underway. Students have been working so hard on their mural ideas that I cannot wait to see the final results. The theme this year is the Special Area classes: Art, Music, Physical Education, Computer, Guidance, Health & Library. We are inspired by so many of these classes that a wall should be dedicated to them. Students are working individually and in pairs.

Students also create portfolios with graffiti style letters representing their initials. They then spray painted them n the sink using the primary colors to make the secondary colors. Check out a video of Mackenzie's new inventive way to create.

Keep following us!

- Mrs. Jarrett

Please Donate

Art Club
Donations Needed

Every year Art Club gives back in a “crafty way.”
This year we will be making craft kits for Caitlin Smiles.

Taken from the website: “Caitlin’s Smiles provides children in hospitals with arts and crafts activities in the forms of “Bags of Smiles”, individual arts and crafts kits, homemade cards and treasure and treat kits. These kits help us put smiles on the faces of children facing chronic or life-threatening illnesses by encouraging them to focus upon creative arts activities to boost their self-confidence and self-worth”

http://www.caitlins-smiles.org/kits.php

We will be making craft kits and decorating bags during our Art Club meetings in December. I am asking for material donations to help make the craft kits.

Items Needed:

1. Pony Beads (colors: red, black, yellow, orange, blue and white)
2. Elastic cord for bracelet making (any color, but stretchy please)
3. Ziploc sandwich baggies
4. Paper bags: 8 x 10 x 4 (with a handle), it doesn't matter what the color is.

Please give all donations to Mrs. Jarrett in the Art Room by: Monday, December 5th

Thank you in advance for helping us give back in a “crafty way!”

First Art Club Meeting of the Year

This is the day we all were waiting for, the first day of Art Club! As Art Club members students will have their own individual portfolio to keep their work in. They can take it with them throughout the year to keep creating at home too! We went to the computer lab and experimented with a graffiti creator website. The website is: www.grafitticreator.net. Please visit the website at home for more creating. Students designed their initials and printed a copy. We went back to the art room and drew our initials in graffiti style but much larger. We outlined and made them appear 3-D with colorful sharpies.

My example:

Graffiti artists use colorful spray paint to create their art and they do so in pre-approved areas around the community. Here is an example of appropriate graffiti art in Harrisburg, PA:

We used a "spray paint" made by Mrs. Jarrett. We used the primary colored spray paint to mix to the secondary colors beautifully. We are patiently waiting for them to dry and will attach them to our portfolios next time we meet. 

Check out the students working on their drawings.

Finished results...

Thanks for visiting. Stay tuned to check out the finished portfolios!

- Mrs. Jarrett 

Bye Bye 4th Graders!!

Last art club meeting was spent painting signs for the art show. I am so thankful for these kiddos. They make our art show look beautiful! Each sign was themed around a special artist that was studied during that year. I am going to miss these creative artists.

Happy summer!

Finished Paintings

I missed posting these great final paintings and hand sculptures.
Please take a look...the hard work was worth it!

- Thanks for visiting!

Mrs. Jarrett

Soft Sculpture Stitching & Sewing

Our last art club project was a soft sculpture. Students chose from a selection of patterns or designed their own. We used felt and embroidery thread to stitch designs into their pattern. Eyes, feathers, scales, and fur were added to fish, owls, snakes and bunnies. Kiddos then pinned their two felt pieces together because their 2-D shapes were to become 3-D sculptures. They learned the loop stitch and sewed their two pieces together, leaving a hole to stuff. Once stuffed, their animals came to life. This was a new medium and technique for most students, but they caught on fast and really enjoyed the process!

Art Club T-Shirts

Thanks to Mr. Jarrett the originally designed Art Club t-shirts are finished! We wore them as a group on Friday, March 12th to celebrate National Youth Art Month. The arts rock here at UDA and so do we in our cool shirts.

Hand Sculptures

Art Club kiddos are making sculptures of their hands in various positions. First we had to wrap our hands and wrists with saran wrap  in order to get our hands out of the sculpture safely. We used buddies to help us because doing this with one hand is pretty impossible.

Next we wrapped our hands with duck tape. Two layers to be sure! Students carefully cut the tape to let their hands free. It was hot up there! Next we will stuff the sculptures to give it good solid form and structure.

Evelyn & Gracie G.

Emilee & Ava

Gabe, Gavin & Bryson

Cheyenne & Jonah

Painting comes next...