Welcome back!!

 Welcome back to Alcott!!! We are already in full swing in the art room, starting our year with Square 1 art. Square 1 is an amazing fundraising company that can put student artwork on products that can be purchased.  They offer coffee mugs, I pad cases/I phone cases (so cool!) as well as key chains and much more!!! More info will be sent home for you to review. This is a fundraiser to help raise money for the art room for more supplies and needed materials. 

  We have started our art for square 1 and it's going really well! 5th grade is doing a self portrait that is turned into a ceramic tile by square 1. I then make a mural out of them and Mr. Hoffman hangs them up- come see past 5th grade classes that are currently hanging in the 5th grade hall!!

2nd grade Eric Carle peacocks

The 2nd graders looked at the art made by author and illustrator Eric Carle. We discussed how he would paint paper and the cut the shapes needed to create his pictures. We talked about collage as well as warm and cool colors. The students painted a warm colored paper and a cool colored paper. They used those papers to create the feathers for their peacock.

2nd grade Kente cloth

The 2nd graders learned how to weave with paper strips while learning about Kente Cloth from Ghana. Kente cloth us a hand -woven ceremonial cloth worn by the Assante people of Ghana, Africa. The cloth is made into clothing that is various colors and designs. Kente cloth us worn during special social and religious occasions.

5th grade tessellations

The 5th graders learned about the artist MC Escher who was well known for his tessellations. A tessellation is a pattern made of identical shapes that fit together with no gaps and no spaces. The students learned two ways to make a tessellation: translation which fits one next to the other and rotation which rotates the shapes in a pattern of 4. The results were outstanding.

What a show!

The Alcott art show was a huge success. With over 900 pieces of art on display, Alcott was filled with color and creativity! I am always filled with such joy when I see what all my students have accomplished!
Thank you to Mr. and Mrs. Choo, Mrs. Stepp, Mrs. Schroeder, Mrs. Dinan, Mrs Lesmerises and Mrs. Labbe for mounting/or hanging art on the day if the art show.
A very special thank you goes to Mrs. Hayashi for her countless hours mounting work, setting up the pinch pots for display and for her dedication to making this show fantastic!!!
In coordination with Mrs. Kuhar, we were able to raise money for the leukemia/lymphoma society! The third grade class canvases were a big hit and we raised over $350! Thank you for your support!

3rd grade Egyptian portraits

The 3rd graders began a unit on the art of Egypt in art class. We looked at ancient drawings and writing on the inside of pyramids. We talked about how the Egyptians painted people in a side profile view yet the body was facing forward and the head was to the side. We noticed that the eye of the portrait was always drawn from a front view even when the face was a profile view! Even though this is incorrect we drew portraits of Egyptian kings step by step and we too drew the eye from a front view. We outlined them in black Sharpie and then painted them. They turned out really nicely!!

1st grade self portraits

The 1st graders learned how to properly draw a face by using guide lines. These guidelines help us to put the eyes, nose, mouth and ears in the correct place. The kids were amazed to find out that our eyes are actually in the middle of our face! These were really fun and the kids did an amazing job!