Harvest Artists Blog

Color Families In Kindergarten this week, we learned that each color belongs to a color family. For instance, there are many different gr...

This week we talked about what a Landscape is! Then the students used the pastels (chalk) to create super colorful landscapes of their own...

I came back from lunch on Thursday to find that my classroom door had been 'heart attacked' by Mrs. Rigamoto's a.m. kindergart...

TEXTURES! This is the new art word for the kindergarten students. Texture means how something feels when you touch it. We played texture...

In preparation for our Op art paintings, the fourth grade classes worked through a watercolor sampler, trying out 11 of the most common tip...

Now that we have learned what Op art is, we are ready to make an Op art of our own! This artwork involves so many steps that it will ta...

This week the kindergarten students played with modelling clay. This was an open ended art assignment, again. They were encouraged to try ...

The term OP ART is a shortening of a style of art known as Optical Illusion Art.  The definition of Op Art (according to Art Lex ) is; A t...

This week I allowed the kindergarten students to paint freely with the watercolor paints. The lesson for the week was 'How to take car...

Our next 3rd grade project deals with a Principle of Art; COMPOSITION. We discussed the idea that 'Composition' or 'to compose...

A couple of Fridays ago, we had finished an assignment and didn't want to start a new one with the weekend looming. We decided, theref...

Congratulations to the artists on the excellence board! These artworks are the best examples of proportion, details, and shading! And here...