Happy Holidays!

Beautiful poinsettia sponge paintings by first graders for the holidays!

Third Grade Australian Aboriginal Dreamtime Paintings

From the beginning of time, the Australian Aboriginies have told Dreamtime stories to each generation in order to keep the stories in their culture alive and to educate thier people about their place on earth. Stories are told about the stars, planets, the land, animals, hunting and ancestors (Totemic Spirits), through paintings, carvings, dance and song. Aboriginal Art symbols are used on all forms of Aboriginal Art to help tell the stories of their history and culture.

Third graders chose an Australian animal to draw in the X-Ray style and used Aboriginal symbols to help tell their own Dreamtime story.

They finished their paintings with a Cray pas watercolor resist technique; tracing with Cray pas and painting with watercolor paints.

Fourth Grade leaf prints

Fourth graders created a watercolor wash background in either warm or cool colors. They learned and practiced how to print leaves they had collected two different ways using tempera paints. They applied their final prints to their watercolor wash keeping in mind their use of all the elements and principles of art that we had discussed.

Lyons Club Peace Poster Contest Winners Announced!

,Fifth graders at Home & Edison schools worked very hard on their peace posters for the Lyons Club International Peace Poster Contest this year. The theme this year was " Our World, Our Future" and they captured that theme is a spectacular way! Below are the winners with personal quotes about their own unique vision of peace.

Grand Prize Winner - Edison School

"One thread pulls all the nations together."

Best Display of Theme - Home School

"The people all,around the world and in the cars are giving peace and love to everyone. The flags on the road represent the people from different countries."

Best Use of Color - Home School

"The hands represent the different cultures holding the earth in peace and the flags represent all the different nations."

Most Inspirational - Home School

"The sun represents peace and the dove is pulling the nations together."

Greatest Artistic Skill - Home School 

"The flags are a rainbow because all the countries should group together and become peaceful. I showed day and night because peace should be there all the time, 24 hours a day."

Best Attention to Detail - Home School

"The cars represent people from different countries and religions coming together. The people at the bottom having a picnic represent people from different cultures having fun together and the other people are giving flowers to the soldiers so that they stop hurting people."

Most Unique - Home School

"The earth in the shape of a heart represents love and the people from all around the world are praying together for peace and love."

Most Creative - Home School

"I want all the countries to be equal. The boy is holding up the earth and the signs represent an end to war. The doves are bringing all the flags and little children to the new peaceful earth with no war."

Best Attention to Detail - Edison School

"Peace can make a difference everywhere."

Best Display of Theme - Edison School

"My poster means that the dove is keeping peace in the world and watching over the world."

Most Unique - Edison School

"Music represents peace to me because it's an international language that brings cultures together."

Best Use of Color - Edison School

The people holding hands represent all the different cultures coming together in peace. Rising above them is peace between all the nations."

Most Inspirational - Edison School

"My poster means that all the religions and countries will make peace with each other."

Greatest Artistic Skill - Edison School

My poster means I want everybody around the world to come together as one."

Most Creative - Edison School

"My poster means I want there to be peace throughout the universe. The dove is holding the peaceful nations together to make this happen."

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