Mason Nevala and Parker Davidson were chosen for their outstanding art to compete in a state-wide art contest called YAM (Youth Art Month). Here is Parker with his art.
Mason was a runner up for the Elementary Division for the state of Minnesota. Great job Mason!
Kindergarten
Snowy Owls
We began this artwork by painting a background and adding in snow.
The owls were drawn in with chalk and then painted white.
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| We drew in eyes, beak and feet with oil pastels. The owls were detailed using black paint. |
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| Finally, the owls were glued onto a background and we named them. I love how all of the owls have their own distinctive look and personality! |
Patterned Circles
Kindergarteners are hard at work learning about patterns in math. Why not bring patterns into an artwork?
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| We started out this project by tracing a circle and adding in designs and patterns with a pencil. |
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Next came coloring the shapes and designs in with markers.
We colored the shapes in with patterns too! |
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| Crayons were used to color the background for contrast from the markers. |
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| Finally, the were cut out and glued onto a frame. |
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| Beautiful! |
First Grade
Penguins
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| To begin, we painted a background in rotating paint style. Snow was added with Q tips. |
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| We drew an iceberg with chalk pastels and used our finger to blend. We then cut them out. |
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| We glued our art onto a frame and glued on our iceberg. |
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| We drew our penguin shape, tummy, eyes, beak, feet and flippers and glued it all onto our iceberg. |
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| Now came the fun! Buttons, fabric, sequins, textured papers, painted papers, construction paper and yarn were put out to decorate the penguins. It was fun to see all of the different creations! |
Second Grade
We decorated the gym for the 2nd grade concert. Boy, did our Musical Shape artworks make the gym colorful!
Kandinsky Circles
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| We began this art by looking at the art of Kandinsky and talking about Abstract Expressionism. We traced circles, added more circles and put them in boxes. |
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| Next came the painting. We painted without ever rinsing our brushes to see what kind of colors we could make. The only colors we used were primary colors (red, yellow and blue) and white. |
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| On the last day, we detailed our Kandinsky's with black paint. It was neat to see all of the different colors that could come out of just 4 colors. |
