4th grade Inuit Prints

4th graders have been busy learning about Inuit artists and designing their own arctic animals in a similar style. Today we started the printmaking process and made a set of three prints. It was messy but a ton of fun!

Kindergarten Printmaking

Kindergarten students read the book "Fish is Fish" by Leo Lionni and drew their own fish into a foam printing plate. We used blue ink to try the printmaking process, making multiple fish prints. The students are looking forward to next class when they can add their printed fish to the pond habitats that they previously painted. 

Finishing Symmetrical Nutcrackers

4th grade artists are working their hardest to finish their symmetrical nutcrackers before we leave for break. All Art will be handed back at holiday parties on Thursday, December 19th. Art makes great gifts! You can also visit Artsonia to view and purchase gifts made with student Art.

Brightening the Day!

The sun came out just long enough for our 3rd grade artists to display their Tiffany-inspired stained glass designs. 

North Oakview student Art displayed at KDL Plainfield library!

During the months of December - February our North Oakview artists will be featured at the KDL Plainfield library location in the children's area! Selected artists will be notified that their Art is on display. However, everyone is invited to view the artwork and while you're there, you can grab a good book to read during break.

Angry Turkeys

Fundred Dollar Bill Project

As part of our "Fun" Fridays, a rotating extra day of Art, students work with a method called Visual Thinking Strategies. VTS builds "thinking skills that become habitual and transfer from lesson to lesson, oral and written language literacy, visual literacy, and collaborative interactions among peers." -quote from VTS website.

Currently we are investigating contemporary artists, talking about their artwork, and how it might directly effect us. Today we talked about the artist Mel Chin and his Paydirt/Fundred project. We even got a chance to design our own Fundred dollar bills!

Read more about Mel Chin and his project at http://www.fundred.org . You can even download your own here and share them with your family!