End of Year Hooray!

Thanks for the help preparing signs for the art show. See you next year!

Printmaking Professionals

Students have been working hard on their print designs. We were professional printers! They used a linoleum block to carve the negative space from their unique design. We used various sized gauge carvers. They did a few test prints to see what their prints would look like. They then went back and removed more negative space to perfect their design. Their final print was on a drawstring bag that they can wear and use with artistic pride.

Check out the printing process...

Ashton S.

 Test prints before the final print!

Carving the negative space from the linoleum printing plate.

Successful print on Addisyn's bag!

Thanks for visiting!

We had a great time at the Ned Smith Center for Nature & Learning in Millersburg, PA last week. The kids were fascinated to hear about the history of Ned Smith and all he accomplished as an artist throughout his life. They learned how to keep an active nature journal and how to observe the details of nature around them. What a beautiful location. Thanks Beth for great history and an awesome tour of the Ned Smith gallery. The kids eyes were wide walking through checking out all the art in the museum setting.

 Looking & observing.

How many animals do you see??

Thanks for visiting.

-Mrs. Jarrett

More Claymation Videos

Enjoy!

Breanne G.

Jada K.

Kaci M. & Mazie B.

Mason R., Ben S., & Jeffrey T.

Maverick H.

Lacey M.

Getting There...

Here comes the small details and personal touches!!

THE PAINTING HAS BEGUN!!!

The Mural is Ready to Paint

After school students stayed to use a overhead projector to transfer their drawing ideas onto the wall behind the school office. This coloring book look will be filled in with colorful paint by the entire art club during the February Art Club meeting. It took about a month and a half to transfer on the drawing to the wall. Thank you Ms. Geesey who dedicated many hours helping me after school!

Ready to paint - here we go...

Clay-Mation Production

Mackenzie S.

Ashton S.

Cameron S.

Brian Z.

Patti D. & Aubrey K.

Madeline W.

Mayra B.

The Mural Has Begun

The mural has begun! Ms. Geesey and I have begun to transfer the mural design onto the wall. We take care of the high stuff while our designers take care of the lower land outlining. Take a look at the progress so far.

Congrats to Ashton, Morgan, Dakota, Jada & Mayra for being selected to be the mural designers for this year. 

The design team with their plans.

Transferring the silhouette students.

Musical inspiration

Hard at work after hours is fun!

Keep following.

- Mrs. Jarrett

Clay-mation Videos

We became animation artists today! Creating an 8 block storyboard with text and illustration students created characters and important props using polymer clay. Mixing various colors to make the objects just right! Students used shoe boxes to set up their setting and used iMotion, tri-pods and helpful MS students to record their quick animations. Check out the students that finished so far!

Creating the characters and prompts from polymer clay...

Thank goodness for all our MS art helpers...

The recording "studio"

Stay tuned for more finished videos.

Art Can Make A Difference!

We had a very special art club session this week. For the holidays, art club likes to give back in an artistic way! This year we decided to make craft kits for the organization, Caitlin Smiles which is located in Harrisburg. They are a group of people who put together craft bags for kids that are spending time in the local hospitals. Prior to our art club session students donated materials to make these kits. Thank you to all of the families that did donate materials to the cause. We were only going to spend half of art club on these kits but our kiddos have such big hearts and they were on a mission. If we made 444 craft kits we would have enough to put in each bag that the Discovery groups are decorating next week. Guess what... WE MET OUR GOAL! We made 444 craft kits. It was such an honor to see these students want to give back without getting anything in return.

Enjoy the photos below!

Ella & Brian hard at work. We measured too!

Ben made a lot of kits!

Having fun!

So much fun!

The whole group with their bags and 444 proud. Thanks to the MS helpers too, they made a bunch of kits themselves.

You all make me proud, thanks for visiting!

-Mrs. Jarrett

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!”