6th Grade Wild Beast- Fauvism Paintings

Fauvism is a fun and exciting art movement. Fauve paintings are bright an bold. The word fauve means 'wild beast' in French. The term was given to this movement because the paintings look like they were created by wild beasts!

The 6th graders studied Fauvism for their most recent project. Inspired by the definition of the movement and the playful imagery, students created animal paintings using bright colors.

Check out the wonderful artwork:

Fantastic job, 6th grade!!

Art Club II

Art Club's Session II (3rd-5th grade) recently wrapped up. The theme of that session was "Art From Around the World".

We had so much fun stamping our passports and "flying" around the world each club meeting. From Henna in India, Prayer Flags in Tibet, Koi Fish in Japan, and Chinese New Year Dragons, the students in Art Club did such a fantastic job!

Here is some additional artwork created during that time:

Tibetan Prayer Flags hung proudly in the school hallway. These contained goals, aspirations, and our prayers.

Japanese Koi Fish Art:

You can click these links to see more art from this session of Art Club: Chinese Dragons & Henna!

Don't forget to check the Art Club page on the top tab bar. There, you can see different projects created by the different Art Club sessions! 

5th Grade Surrealism Collage

5th graders learned about the wild world of Surrealism- dreamlike images that can have some wacky things happening in the art!

Using recycled magazines, 5th graders created their own Surrealism collages. Each student created their own story behind their collage creature. They were wacky and silly! Check out a few of the finished artwork:

Nice work!

8th Grade Dream Room

8th graders learned about one point perspective in our latest project. In this lesson they were able to design their own dream room. Each room was so unique and fun!

From sports to music, students chose a range of exciting themes for their rooms! Popular room themes include One Direction and basketball!
Check out the rooms:

   

Awesome job 8th grade!

5th Grade 2D and 3D Food Art

5th graders dove into Food Art during 2nd Quarter. They studied the work of artists Wayne Thiebaud and Claes Oldenburg.

In our Unit, 5th graders created 2D still life drawings of either a fruit or a vegetable. We practiced contour drawings and used watercolor pencils!

In the second part of our unit, 5th graders created 3D sculptures of any type of food they wanted! We used Styrofoam, tin foil, plaster wrap, and paint to create our sculptures! 

Awesome job, 5th grade!!

4th Grade Henri Matisse Paper Collage

In 4th grade we found inspiration in Henri Matisse's art! We loved his bright colors and playful compositions.  We love Matisse so much that our resident art room fly is named Henri!

We created colorful cut paper art. Matisse, during his old age, 'painted with scissors'. We created collages inspired by his Goldfish painting! Students were able to create their own unique backgrounds, fishbowls, and scenes. They did such a fantastic job- each picture was so different and wonderful!

Check out some of our artwork!

 Great job, 4th grade!

Recently Completed Projects

Be on the lookout for more fabulous student art!

Here is a sneak preview of art that will be hung in the hallways of SJV for the start of the 4th quarter!

Check back for formal posts on these projects and more!

6th Grade Fauvist "Wild Beast" Paintings:

Kindergarten's Primary Color- Keith Haring Dog Collage:

1st Grade: Groovy Painted Paper Guitars:

7th Grade Complementary Color- Contemporary Pop Art Paintings:

Pre-K Paper Puppets: