Elements of Art

After studying all of the 7 elements of art, students had to complete an abstract, mixed media project using tempera paint, colored pencils and pencil. Here are the results.

Advanced Art

Advanced Art warm up drawing due Monday, October 24th.

Henri Matisse, Snowflower, 1951, cut paperAdvanced Art homework drawing due Monday, October 24th. Draw a haunted house. Include a background, fill the page. Use either colored pencils or shade with a pencil.

Advanced Art

Advanced Art warm up drawing due Monday, October 17th.

M.C. Escher, "Drawing Hands", 1948, pencil on paper.Advanced Art homework drawing due Monday, October 17th. Set up a simple still-life, including at least 3 objects, and draw what you see. Use colored pencils, fill the page and include a background.

Progress Reports

Students were given their double-sided progress reports today in class.

Please check and sign both sides acknowledging that you have seen their academic and scholarly grades in art.

They are due Tomorrow, Thursday, October 6th!

Thank you!

Scissor Color Wheels

After studying the color wheel extensively, students had to mix the colors on their color wheel using only the three primary colors (red, yellow & blue) using colored pencils.Next the students put together their very own color wheel dictionaries.Finally students made four contour drawing sketches of scissors, chose one for their final drawing and repeated it four times, overlapping it each time on their final 9x12" watercolor paper. Using watercolors, students mixed the colors wherever the shapes overlapped. Resulting in these wonderful studies.

Back to School Backpacks

Students have been drawing contour drawings for several days before they were allowed to start drawing their own backpack or book bag. After completing a side, front and back view of their backpack, they were allowed to start their final drawing. They had to draw a big, contour drawing of their backpack, filling the 12x18" paper. Once completed, they outlined their drawing with a black Sharpie marker. Next they "glued" down bleeding tissue paper to their drawing using a brush and water. They left it to dry overnight and the next day removed the tissue paper, revealing the color on their backpack.

Advanced Art

Advanced art warm up drawing due Monday, October 10th.

Salvador Dali, Ruin with head of Medusa and landscape, 1941, oil on canvas.

Advanced Art homework drawing due Monday, October 10th. Draw your hand holding a pencil. Use pencil and draw big.

Advanced Art

Advanced Art warm up drawing due Monday, October 3rd.

Rene Magritte, Les Valeurs Personelles, 1952, oil on canvas.

Advanced Art homework due Monday, October 3rd. Draw several lines on your paper, dividing it into at least 20 shapes, then using only a pencil, shade in each shape from dark to light.

Advanced Art

Advanced Art warm up drawing due Monday, September 26th.

Joan Miro, Person throwing a stone at a bird, oil on canvas, 1926.

Advanced Art homework due Monday, September 26th.

Draw five contour drawings of the same object (example: scissors, can opener, wrench) on the same page, layering each object on top of the other. Use a different colored pencil for each contour drawing. Remeber to draw big and include all the details.

Back To School Night

Our back to school night is this Thursday, September 15th from 6-8 p.m.

Please check our school website at http://ewcsd.org/schools/granada/ and download the back to school flyer.

With your child, please fill out the bottom of the flyer.

As a parent, you will be able to visit and hear from all of your childs' teachers in a quick two hours.

Hope to see you there!