Gallery Labels
Collicot-Cunningham
2018-2019
Rousseau Inspired Jungle Tigers
2nd Grade
Second graders started off their school year by learning about French artist, Henri Rousseau and his jungle paintings. Students learned how to draw tigers and then fill their backgrounds with a variety of different jungle plants. Once their drawings were complete, students learned painting techniques using watercolors. They began painting their tigers first, followed by various greens for their plants and then made gorgeous backgrounds.
Mixed Medium Stacking Birds
3rd Grade
Third grade students created these fabulous stacking birds by using a wide variety of materials: cardboard, tempera paint, printed papers, glue, scissors and oil pastels. Students practiced how to use the above materials respectfully and properly in the art room while making these colorful pieces of art.
POP Art Hamburgers
4th Grade
4th grade students started off the school year by making these delicious POP ART hamburgers. Students observed the work of Andy Warhol and his use of color and repetition in portraying popular food items. To begin this collage, students spent one class making various printed papers using Matchbox cars, sponges, bubble wrap and other recycled objects. The following class, students learned how to weave a placemat for their background. Then, it was time to put all the pieces together and create an outrageous, colossal hamburger.
The finished results are mouth watering!!!
Clipper Ships
5th Grade
5th grade students made these stunning clipper ships in conjunction with Reach for Reading and learning about immigration in their classroom. Students began this art project by practicing technical drawing skills by using a ruler and pencil to create their vessels. Attention was given to making three masts, each with a minimum of three sails. Students then used watercolor pencils to add color and value to their clipper ships. Additionally, students painted a seascape for the background of their picture. Students used warm and cool colors for the sky and water. Finally, students put both components together to create their masterpiece!
My Town, My Community
2nd Grade
In conjunction with the Reach for Reading unit on Community, second grade students made these wonderful mixed media collages about their neighborhood. Students learned about the difference between organic and geometric shapes, pattern & design, and collage techniques in this project. Well done!!
UGLY DOLLS
4th Grade
4th grade students hand-sewed these amazing stuffies using UGLY DOLLS as their inspiration. Students began by making a pattern and then cut their design twice from felt. As a class, we then discussed how to thread a needle, tie a knot, and use the whipstitch. Students worked diligently for over a month to complete these adorable critters. I am incredibly impressed with their determination and focus on this project. The results are stunning!!!
Sock Monkeys
5th Grade
5th graders are wrapping up a fabric arts project in the art room by making their very own sock monkeys. Thanks to the generous funding by Collicot’s PTO, students learned and applied the basic steps to hand sewing by threading a needle, tying a knot, using the whipstitch and adding stuffing to make these adorable monkeys.
Old Bear
3rd Grade
3rd graders practiced their observational drawing by making stunning
Expressions and Emotions
2nd Grade
Sonia Delaunay Inspired Paintings
5th Grade ACE
Students in the ACE program learned about the Ukrainian-born French artist, Sonia Delaunay (November 14, 1885 – December 5, 1979). Delaunay’s work focused on Orphism, an art movement noted for its use of strong colors and geometric shapes. Students used compasses and rulers to design their geometric composition. They then used acrylic paints to color in their design. Each students needed to have the following components in their artwork: a checkerboard, monochromatic value triangle, a section with complementary colors and a sense of balance in the overall painting. Great work 5th graders!
Vincent Van Gogh Inspired Still Life Paintings
2nd Grade
2nd grade students incorporated science and art to make these stunning sunflower still life paintings. Students applied their knowledge about living things when observing Van Gogh’s sunflowers and discussed the importance of stems and petals. Students then looked deeper at the painting and began to think about space and proportion. They used a vase template to trace a vase for their work and positioned it in a spot that would provide enough room for their flowers. Student then mixed various tints of yellow to match Van Gogh’s work. The next lesson, students painted their sunflowers by using expressive brush strokes to mimic each petal on their flower. The final step was to cut out each flower, glue it down, and add stems and details with oil pastels. Excellent work!
Ladybug Pinch Pots
2nd Grade
Students in 2nd grade made these adorable ceramic ladybugs. Students began by learning the technique of making a pinch pot as the foundation of the insect’s body. They then used marker caps and popsicle sticks to make the designs on the ladybug’s wings. Last, students learned the scratch and attach technique to join the ladybug’s head to its body.
Gnome Houses
4th Grade
4th grade students learned about rolling slabs of clay with texture for this awesome gnome house project. Using bubble wrap, burlap and other grooved surfaces, students used a rolling pin to create a texted slab and transform it into a cylinder and cone for their homes. Students then used the scratch and attach technique to secure their cylinder and cone together and add embellishments. Great job!
Clay Birds
3rd Grade
3rd grade students learned about applying different textures to their slab of clay for this awesome zany bird project. Using burlap and the soles of their shoes, students experimented with texture to transformed their slab into the basic features of a bird. Students then used the scratch and attach technique to secure their wing, beak and eye together. After their birds had a chance to be fired in the kiln, students used oil pastels diluted india ink to create an oil resist on their clay pieces. The finishing touch was learning how to twist pipe cleaners for the birds feet and hook. Great job!
¾ Pose Self-Portraits
5th Grade
A self-portrait in the 3/4 pose means you are turning your head so that you see more of one side of your face. Typically, photographers take portraits in this style. Think of when you are taking a school photo and the photographer tells you to turn and “smile” - that turn is the 3/4 pose!
Using calculated proportions, students drew themselves in the ¾ pose. They mapped out their face lightly in pencil and then traced over their drawing with Sharpie. Afterwards students learned about value and how to use a grey scale to give the illusion of shadow. Students practiced making four different grey tones from light, medium light, medium, and dark. They then applied these values on their drawing to create depth. Lastly, students jazzed up their backgrounds by making an attribute poem with words that describe themselves.
Claire West Inspired Landscapes
5th Grade ACE
Students made these colorful landscapes inspired by the artisti, Claire West. Students began by sectioning off their paper into three parts - background, middleground and foreground. Students then used chalk pastels to design their skies and blended their pastels using liquid starch. Using liquid starch allowed students to blend colors beautifully without the mess! After the backgrounds were complete, students then used oil pastels to add details to their picture. The emphasis was on making sure details added to the foreground were bigger than those in the distance. Great Job!
PIZZA STUFFIES
5th Grade ACE
ACE students made these delicious pizza inspired stuffies. Students learned about designing patterns, threading a needle, tying a knot and using the whipstitch in this project. Once student had their pizza crust stitched up, they got to design their toppings. Students used felt and craft glue to build their delicious design.
Aztec Foil Suns
5th Grade ACE
The sun is a sacred symbol to the Aztecs and they worshipped it. The Aztecs believed that the sun was the most powerful among all the gods and was the protector of this world and the other world – the heavens.
Students created their own Aztec suns using foil tooling. Tooling is the process of creating designs in sheet metal by emboss drawing, stamping, denting, piercing, rub-transferring, folding and hammering. The standard thickness for this is 36 gauge - 5mil sheet metal which is several times thicker & stronger than household foil. First, students drew out their design on paper, then they transferred their idea onto foil. They added color with Sharpies and then carefully cut out their work and matted it onto paper using any extra scraps of foil as embellishments to their frame.
Pig in a Tub
3rd Grade
Third grade students drew inspiration from the book, Charlotte’s Web by, EB White, and made these adorable pictures of Wilbur in art class. Students began with a guided drawing on how to make a pig using known shapes - circle, oval, triangle, rectangle - for the body parts. They then learned how to make the pig sit in a tub and appear three dimensional. Afterwards, students designed their backgrounds incorporating a horizon line and a setting from the story. Once their drawing was compete, students learned about value and mixed pink with white to create their own special tint of pink. They then used tempera cakes to paint in the rest of their sceen.
Reflecting on Memorial Day
4th Grade
4th graders used the WWI poem, In Flanders Fields, to draw inspiration in their artwork. Students began by reading the poem, discussing each stanza for meaning and then creating these beautiful poppies to represent the fallen soldiers that fought for our country. Using their non-dominant hand, students learned how to draw organically and make the petals of their poppies appear wispy and the stems of their flowers look fragile. Students then painted the negative space by practicing blending their colors as they painted. The final stage of this project was to cut lines from the poem and intertwine the language into their artwork as if the words were blowing in the wind. Well done 4th graders!
Kente Cloths
5th Grade
In preparation for International Day, 5th grade students learned about Kente Cloths in art class. Students listened to, The Spider Weaver - A Legend of the Kente Cloth by, Margaret Musgrove to gain background knowledge on the origins of the Kente Cloth. Kente cloth is a hand woven cloth originally made by the Ashanti people in the country of Ghana. Originally made for royalty, today kente cloths are worn by all. The cloth is characterized by patterns which have special meanings.
Students started their kente cloths by folding their paper into a grid with 24 squares. They reviewed the Adinkra symbols and chose their own unique design. Once their grid was full, students colored each block with crayon and then crumpled their paper into a ball, three times. Crumpling their artwork gave the paper a fabric like texture and broke up the crayon to create cracks in the wax. Students then used purple paint to stain their paper which seeped into the wrinkles to look like a dyed piece of fabric rather than paper.
Self-Portraits, Rag-Gon-Nons
4th Grade
3rd grade students learned about African American fiber artists, Aminah Robinson. Aminah Robinson was born and raised in Columbus, Ohio and is known for her “RagGonNons” an often large and complex work of art that is on cloth and encrusted with buttons, beads, and other found objects. Students started their version of a “RagGonNon” by drawing a self-portrait and then stiching it onto burlap. They then chose yarn, fabric pieces, beads, pipe cleaners and wire to embellish their work. They learned how to thread a needle using a “hot-dog bun”, tie a knot, and the difference between a whipstitch and running stitch.
Self-Portraits, Exploring Printmaking
3rd Grade
Students learned how to use styrofoam as a printmaking tool in this self-portrait lesson. Students began by drawing a proportional representation of themselves and then traced their image onto styrofoam using a wooden dowel. Once their portrait was carved into the styrofoam, students then used markers to color the image in. The colored styrofoam or “plate” was then ready to print! With a little help from the teachers, we dampened a 9x12 sheet of paper with a sponge and laid it on top of the printing plate. Students then rubbed the paper to ensure all the ink from the marker would transfer on to the dampened paper. Student then used pasta to embellish their frame around their print. The emphasis was on balance and symmetry. The final step was adding a gold finish to make the frame ornate.
Dancing Self-Portraits
2nd Grade
Student were inspired to strike a pose with their self-portraits after listening to the book, Twist With a Burger, Jitter With a Bug by, Linda Lowery. We began this project by leaning about analogous colors, colors that sit next to each other on the color wheel, and choose two analogous colors to make a radial design for the background. Student then made printed papers with either plaid or splatter designs for their funky dance outfit. The following class, students learned how to cut rectangles to make their bodies and how to make a cut show a “joint” or bend in an arm or leg. Students collaged their portrait onto the background and added details like like yarn hair and musical staffs to make their picture complete!
Ceramic Houses
5th Grade ACE
ACE students work diligently on these awesome ceramic houses. Students had to roll out four slabs of clay to create the walls and floor to their homes. They rolled their slab onto burlap to give their exterior walls texture and then added windows, doors and even shrubs to their design. After all four walls were complete, students learned how to scratch and attach each slab to erect their structure.
This was a VERY difficult assignment which resulted in a few broken walls and a some re-do moments, but I am immensely proud of each students’ perseverance with this project!
Egyptian Profiles on Papyrus
5th Grade
5th grade students learned about Egyptian art by making their own version of papyrus paper. Students deconstructed brown butcher paper by ripping into long finger width strips then dipped them into diluted glue. They then layered each strips onto plastic to create their “papyrus” and let it drydry. Once the glue was dry, the completed papyrus became the perfect background for their Egyptian profiles and hieroglyphics.
Eric Carle Inspired Ladybugs
2nd Grade
Students listened to the story, The Grouchy Ladybug by, Eric Carle for their artwork inspiration. They began this project by making grass using bleeding tissue paper and diluted glue to make a patchwork design. The next class, students work on their backgrounds by learning how to paint fluffy, realistic clouds and use chalk pastel to fill in the rest of the sky. Once the background and foreground were complete, students began work on their ladybugs with a guided drawing lesson. They then collaged all the elements together to make these awesome pictures!