Exploratory Ceramic Whistles

Here is a look inside our kiln, as I'm unloading. Each time I unload the kiln it's like a little surprise for me! How will the piece have turned out? Will they all be successful?

It makes me very happy to see a kiln with no broken pieces laying on the ground. That means we had no explosions or breakage! Woop!

Each of these piece has been carved out to be a whistle. Students could make an animal, insect or fantasy animal. Above we have a lovely Pegasuses.

Here we have a walrus, look at those great fat wrinkles!

This chubby raccoon balances nicely on his back feet!

And be quiet for this sleeping kitten.

To create these student had to pay close attention to details, shapes, forms and textures. To create something in 3 dimensions requires a shift in the brain from thinking one side to all 360 degrees. There are so many good ones I have more!

Art 6 Coloring Monotypes

Art 6 is almost done with their third version of their monotype!

The realistically colored one! Students mastered their color wheel and now they're coloring using blending and shading.

Wow! These look great!

Czaplicki A2 Clay Animal Whistle

These are two examples of my 6th grade sculpture projects. Look at the AWESOME texture on this Grizzly Bear! We transformed a simple half circle shape into these AMAZING animals. Next we will turn them into working whistles.

I love seeing the students use these higher level thinking skills to figure out how to make a lump of clay look and feel like an animal. The students are feeling very successful with this project. Ask them about their whistle!

Kluender B2 computer art 78

 

Here are some examples of some students finished paintings! 

Check out the BOLD BRIGHT PATTERNS!

Kluender B2 computer art 7/8

 

Computer Art 7/8 students are working hard on their animal paintings.

They will be adding bright bold patterns to the paintings.

Stay tuned for finished examples!

Kluender B2- Computer Art 78

 

Computer Art 78 students are using Adobe Photoshop CS2 to color in their animal drawings. They are using MONOCHROMATIC colors on their digital artwork. 

For their animal studio project, students are enlarging the drawing, painting it, and adding bright and bold patterns.

Kluender Computer