Kandinsky to O'Keefe

In this project, the 4th grade students investegated a variety artists ranging from the Expressionist Wassily Kandinsky to Georgia O'Keefe, ultimately choosing a specific work or style to explore thoruhg their own art. In seeking other artists for inspiration, the students are exposed to a wide range of color palettes, compositions, styles and subject matter, allowing them to not only learn from the masters, but to also discover what specific features in art they are interested in.

Third Grade Picasso Portraits

These wonderful collages created by Ms. Gerke's class were based off of Pablo Picasso's cubist portraits. The third graders mastered collage techniques, when they constructed their artwork using only construction paper and magazine scraps. Please stop by the OWS library to see the entire third grade collection on display!

Kindergarten Self-Portraits

Spooky Silhouettes

2nd grade students became familiar with collage and watercolor techniques by creating a mixed media masterpiece of a Spooky House at sunset. The class began by making comparisons between Ellsworth Kelley's "Spectrum" and the sky at sunset, talking about analogous and transition colors. They created their backgrounds using wet-on-wet watercolor techniques and salt application, using analogous colors to create a scale reminiscent of Kelley's work. When these were dry, they cut out silhouettes of images that they associated with Halloween.
Well done!