Monet’s Garden
Last month, we celebrated the work of Claude Monet. The students learned lots of things about this famous Impressionist. Inspired by his beautiful water gardens, my grade three classes tried to...
View ArticleMonochromatic Masterpieces
My grade three students have been learning about monochromatic colors, tints and shades. Here is a look at some of the beautiful pieces they have been working on over the last couple of weeks.
View ArticleBehind the Mask
Henri Matisse was our Artist of the Month in March. That is when we started work on our ceramic masks. We knew that Matisse had given Pablo Picasso a mask that had inspired him, so we thought we would...
View ArticlePainting Like Keith Haring
Ms Dripps’ class is the first grade three class to finish their Keith Haring project. We started this project with a game called Roll a Haring. The kids rolled dice to see what elements from Keith...
View ArticleColor Families
Inspired by the abstract work of Kandinsky, my grade three classes embarked on their own acrylic abstract paintings. Using what they had learned from their sketchbook mission about color theory, and...
View ArticleColor Families & Kandinsky
Take a look at what Ms Rigg-Anderson’s and Ms Kitaoka’s classes have been up to. They learned about color families, then had to pick one and use those colors to create an acrylic painting using the...
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