MEMORIES  all school exhibit...

The art work selected from 2016-17 portfolios is in the hallways of EKES. Take time to enjoy it when you are visiting. The pieces will be up for a while.
Media and themes are varied: "Blue Dog",  fall and winter themes,

geometric designs,with slick sticks, collage, colored pencils.and watercolors..., 

slick sticks

pop art label for "I Can"

gardens  - view out 

These sketches are based on the activity "1-12". Twelve objcts have postits on them . After looking at them, students choose 4 to sketch. Then they are working on art inspired by 

 one of the four.

Museum Share #1 for 2017-18
If you have ever noticed yellow postits in your child's prior sketchbooks, this may be of interest to you. They are from a "Museum Share"of a classes'art work. The selected work is positioned on the tables. Student arrange the needed postits on a page. Then they circulate through the "museum", look at everyone's and make a tiny sketch of  everyone's work.  Here are some pics.

We gather on the rug for each to then share what was noticed about someone's work - color, details, texture, shapes, and theme are the most frequently noticed art elements.
This is largely a 2nd-4th type of sharing.  The 5th graders prefer circulating and writing an art based comment on their classmates' works.

from the ARTIST WORKSHOP

How do I guide students to  improving sketching  styles without taking away personal strengths and interests ? A fun way I found  includes movement, observing and choice. I numbered 12 places/images with sticky notes. The class  (2-4^th grade) was to walk around, look at all images and then sketch at least 4 in sketchbooks.

 Number 12 was on the window where we have a view of the gardens.

This is the cover of the book “The Cat and The Bird” about Paul Klee.

 Number one was a photo of a piece of fabric art winter scene with a reflection.

This quartet includes the Miro, Charley Harper’s “Cardinal” ( a calendar reproduction.) the plant on my desk, and one of the drums in the room. 

 This is the oxalis on my desk. 

 This is the quilt with sunflowers, with the wall behind it.