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"Don't let anyone rob you of your imagination, your creativity, or your curiosity. It's your place in the world; it's your life. Go on and do all you can with it, and create the life you want to live." -Mae Jemison
Inspired by Georgia O'Keefe. Emphasis on landscapes and foreground, middle ground, and background
5th grade Zendala. Students focused on patterned and using different line weights
Zentangle incorporating different types of lines, patterns and line weights.
Op Art 3-D Spheres inspired by Bridget Riley
Fourth grade found object sculptures
Fourth grade Egyptian art lesson
Self Portraits on Acetate using reverse painting techniques
Reverse painting technique self portrait
Reverse painting technique self portrait
Inspired by Edvard Munch The Scream
In spired by The Scream by Edvard Munch
Kindergaren self portrait
Kindergarten self portrait
"I am" silhouette self portrait collages
"I am" silhouette self portraits
Teacher example
Fourth grade perspective draings
Pumpkin perspective
1st grade pumpkin farm perspective
Third grade Seattle skyline focusing on foreground, middle ground,and background.
Third grade Islamic architiecture
The clay elevations is part of s 2nd grade integrated unit around Communities. Students first made elevation drawings, created a frieze using recycled boxes, then made clay elevations.
Third grade integrated Greek Mythology unit
Third grade Aztec sun (sol)
Eric Carle inspired collage
Mendi Mandala 2nd grade collaboration incorporating Islamic patterns.
African Patterns combined with color theory
Second grade architecture/math integration
Pop art flowers inspired by both Andy Warhol following a lesson on Georgia O'Keefe
Kindergarten Paul Klee cats
First grade textured owl. Introduction of positive and negative space.
Eric Carle inspired under the sea collage- kindergarten
Kindergarten Under The Sea collage
Surrealist collage
Inspired by Dale Chihuly
Inspired by Dale Chihuly
Winter birds
1st grade Eirc Carle inspired penguin
Ming Dynasty Vases
Fourth/Fifth grade Pop Art clay cupcakes
Pop Art Prints
Andy Warhol Pop Art Prints
Andy Warhol Pop Art Prints
Andy Warhol Pop Art prints
1st grade Georgia O'Keefe flower bowls
5th grade Harriet Tubman quilt project
2nd grade African masks
4th grade POP art sculptures integrated with electricity unit
5th grade Pop Art Portraits
5th Grade Pop Art Portraits
Somewhere over the rainbow-1st grade
3rd Grade Flower sculpture integrated science project
4th grade Geometric string art
3rd grade textured owl drawings with tinted moon background
Clay Totems-4th grade integrated Northwest Coastal art study.
African Patterned Birds- 1st grade
1st grade Vincent Van Gogh Starry Night
Kindergarten still life inspired Vincent Van Gogh
1st grade Vincent Van Gogh Starry night
4th grade Mexcian Huichol String paintings
3rd grade Clay African Masks
5th Grade Jacob Lawrence study
African Mask
Alexander Calder circus sculptures
2nd grade Alexander Calder sculptures
3rd grade integrated art/ social studies play
Integrated arts
Tie dying and mask making
NW Coastal designs inspired by the art of Louie Gong
1 pt. perspective
Impressionism