Erickson Elementary Fine Arts

  February 2023 Edition Dear Kindergarten Families, We hope this newsletter finds you swimmingly as we dive into the wonders of creativity and imagination at Erickson Elementary School! We're delighted to share an exciting art project that our kindergarteners have been working on: crafting Porthole Suncatchers adorned with construction paper sea creatures inside, using tissue paper and contact paper! The Porthole Suncatcher Project: Our young artists have been busy exploring the depths of their creativity by crafting Porthole Suncatchers for our upcoming Ocean-Themed Portfolio Night Art Show. These enchanting creations will not only brighten up your windows but also transport you to an underwater wonderland filled with colorful sea creatures. Project Details: Materials: Students will be using a combination of tissue paper, contact paper, circular frames, and construction paper to create their Porthole Suncatchers. Process: Guided by our talented art teacher, Mrs. Clay, students ...

Fourth graders have been working hard in Art class. They were using oil pastels and cake tempra paints to create hibernating bear paintings. Then they learned about Pablo Picaso's life and style of painting. They explored some of his techniques when it came to painting portraits of people. They played a dice game called "Roll a Picasso." The students used dice to randomly choose the features of a Picasso inspired face drawing. For their final Picasso piece they drew and painted a face that was split down the middle and showed different emotions on each side of the face. All classes talked about what different colors in artwork can represent in terms of emotions. The emotions that Picasso felt during his lifetime often showed up in his paintings for particular periods of time. They did a lesson on the styles of Folk Art Trees. These trees will look nice hanging up in the hallway with their sleeping bear paintings. During free art days that they have earned, the fourth grad...