Ananias's Hippo

This is a fifth grader's 20 minute observational drawing of a hippo. I want to get more students to draw things from real life.

Lauryn's Egyptian Hippo

This third grader rose to the challenge of creating an Egyptian hippo. This is a 20 minute drawing. This was not a directed drawing, it was an observational drawing.

Sphinx

This is a fourth grade 20 minute drawing of the sphinx from the Egyptian Unit. More students are trying to incorporate shading into their work.

My 3rd grader made a great rendition of a girl looking into a fish tank

Angry birds!!!

Students were practicing for a painting drawing their own angry birds. This is a second grade result.

Domunique's Candyland Bug Jar

This 6th grade student, Domunique, is inspired by her family and teachers to create her art. She tries to put her feelings into every artwork. This artwork was meant to be colorful. Her bug jar landscape is an exemplary version of what this project was about.

Work in Progress: Chameleon

This is an eighth grade result from the intro into Shapes unit and their first painting project for the year. The students first drew the chameleon and were to put shapes inside. The background was of their painting was of their choosing: either shapes or a nature scene.

Free Painting

This is another result from the Free Painting lesson. This is a first grade example .

Free Painting: Focus on Working Safely

Students were able to draw and paint something of their choosing as an exploration way of using paint. The focus was more on using the paint safely rather than the outcome of the artwork. This is a 2nd grade example of from the assignment. I love how the house details and the person was more unique with the chain.  This was done with 20 minutes of work time.

Detailed Faces: A Kindergarten Perspective

We practiced drawing more detailed faces this week and today was the day where I had them draw without my help. This is one example from the class. This drawing was done in a 25 minutes.

Fairly Odd: Poof Drawing

This a fifth grade example from the Poof directed drawing lesson. I'm under the firm belief that if students draw what they like whether it's a cartoon character or a family member they will look for the important details. This drawing takes so much consideration for Poof's details.

Hooked on Bug Jars

This is a 7th grade result from the bug jar activity. This student took a different approach and included all under water scenery with sea life. Everything was well planned out. Next the student will be adding color to the drawing.

Bug Jar Landscapes

I wanted to have the students to do something fun to close out the concept of line drawing so I spliced the idea of a bug jar art lesson with landscapes. The students were to draw a jar with some sort of landscape inside and use something of their choice within the background. This 8th grade student made their own version of Fairy World from memory and put their bug jar on a book shelf.

Detailed Eyes

The students from K-2 were making people with more detailed eyes. This is a second grade example from the lesson. There is a tutorial of how to make eyes that says in the room. We also talked about how the letter J can be used to make noses.

This is an eighth grade result from the fruit bowls. Eighth grade wasn't originally going to do fruit bowls but after the results posted in the school for the other students it was requested by the class to do the fruit bowl assignment too.

Hand part 3

This is a seventh grade result from the final part to the Hand drawing lesson. It was completed a bit ago but I wanted to include it in the blog. This one is very colorful but also makes the hand still stand out.

This is another fruit bowl result from a 4th grader.

This is a third grader's example from the fruit bowl assignment.

This is another 3rd grade result from the fruit bowls. This bowl is very expressive. The student wanted to bring out the curves of the bowl.

Fruit Bowls

Students were to use lines to create a line drawing of a fruit bowl. Then they used color and other details to embellish their work. This is a 3rd grade result that exemplifies the overlapping technique.

Need a Hand Part 2

This seventh grader's result for the hand project is coming along well. In this project the students drew their hand with pencil and then used the lines we thought about from the warm up to create the background. This point of the project really emphasizes the lines. Next class they will be adding color to their work.

A Neighborhood

I loved this picture not only for the use of color but for the demonstration of mastery for making the three-dimensional house. This is another first grade result. This student used their imagination for creating the colors within the composition and also made great use of their 20 minutes to create this splendid art work.

Lines for a House

This might be a little difficult to see but the details in this picture from a first grader I think make up for it. The students are practicing line drawings of houses to illustrate their understanding of line. We did a directed drawing lesson for the basics of drawing the house ( the 3-D pentagon). Then they were able to use any details to make their picture more unique.

Floral Observation

Students were doing flowers last week and I wanted to share a third grade result where the student asked to work two 20 minute sessions on the assignment instead of one. This was done entirely with crayon as the student was looking at one of the flower vases sitting in the classroom. 

Observational drawing

An observational drawing by a fifth grader of an artifical flower pot I have in my art room. 20 minutes.

Need a Hand?

Students were practicing contour drawing of hands today in their sketchbooks so that next week they can work on it on art paper. This lesson was focusing on the art element known as line. Before they started, I demonstrated how to I draw hands and also explained that it's easier to draw the non-writing hand.  This is a sixth grader's result.

Watering Flowers

I wanted to share this 3 grade result with the flowers. This student chose to make this picture more surreal by having someone water the flowers. With 20 minutes this student was able to accomplish a lot.

A fourth grade drawing of flowers. The students had a set of flowers in front of them with only 20 minutes to work. This is one of the exemplary results. We are working towards more realism. I did give them the option to add random things but this student chose to solely focus on the flowers and vase.

Another Free Draw

Another result from the free draw activity--This is a first grader's house and elephary (a fairy mixed with an elephant, which was thought up by a third grader last year). The students practiced both last year.

First Day Free Draw

The students started the new year with free drawing (drawing something of their choice). This student among a couple others in third grade drew a rendition of Keith Haring's people displayed on the classroom wall. Keith Haring's work is a favorite in the art classroom due to his use of active geometric figures.

New Blog!

This blog will showcase the works of Samuel P. Massie Academy's art from the general classes and the art club. There will be excerpts of from the assignments and artist statements to go with the works. Let's bring in the 2012-13 school year with plenty of great art!