Hooray for the Square 1 Art Fundraiser!

All students have completed their artwork for Square 1 Art! Whether it's handprint art, self portraits, fantasy, animals or under the sea themes you should expect to see your student's art on some great stickers soon! The stickers are yours to keep and then you can decide whether you want to order other great items with your student's artwork on them. 

Personalized packets and stickers will get sent home at the beginning of March and all orders are due Wednesday March 19th. Ordering online is quick, secure and easy! Check out the website at www.square1art.com to create your own personal gallery and order unique and high quality items with your child's artwork on them! All products will arrive the week following spring break and will be sent home immediately with students. If you have any questions or concerns please contact Mrs. Dentzer at dentzere@sd103.com.

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.