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The Beautiful and Shining Spring Art Show!!

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Hi Art Friends!!

I finally got some time to update the blog! These past few weeks have been some crazy, crowded, and fun times! This week's post will feature the Spring Art Show held last Thursday night. It was an enchanting and beautiful time, and I really enjoyed watching the children run around and point out their artwork to their family. So sweet!!

 As you entered the lobby, these friendly (and symmetrical!) butterflies 
greeted you swinging from the ceiling!
 One of the biggest sections of our gallery was our Self-Portrait Mural. This featured every elementary student and teacher. It was a breath-taking (and sometimes humorous) presentation of our talent!
 These Mona Lisa Grid Designs were created by 1st, 2nd, and 3rd grade art classes. Each member of the class got a square of paper, and a square of the original painting. They had to copy exactly what was on the square as best as they could. Then we put all the squares together to reveal the final result! The famous beauty: The Mona Lisa!
One of the most interesting exhibits was our gallery of clay pots. Each elementary student created and painted their very own pot. We used 3 different methods: Coil Pot, Pinch Pot, and Petal Pot. Several students mentioned that this was one of their very favorite lessons. I thought the results were stunning!

I really hope you enjoyed this very small representation of our awesome Art Show! To those who were able to attend, I hope you loved it as much as I did!! I look forward to the next show coming in December!! Thanks for all your support!

Mrs. Edwards

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A Valentine Culinary Experience!

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Welcome Faithful Readers and Brand New Visitors!

I have been waiting all week to share the exciting things we have been doing in art this week!! I wanted to celebrate Valentine's Day with each class, so this week was full of parties! I still wanted to incorporate a small addition to our study of possible careers in art. I chose to discuss the field of Culinary Arts!

We got to decorate cookies with lots (and I mean LOTS) of icing, sprinkles, colored sugar, and other things that will cause parents to shudder!! Before decorating, we played some awesome games and posed with our buddies in the Heart Photo Booth. Over all, it was an absolute blast! This is definitely going down in the top five most memorable weeks of art class! I

Now for a look at some of the fun we had:
(Click on any picture to make it bigger)


Kindergarten student, Gabe being a Culinary Artist!
 
Madelynne and Tessa in the Heart Photo Booth

Ashton and Cameron






























    

2nd Grade boys get together.. We missed you, Alex!
Tomi and Skyler

2nd graders showing off their beautiful cookies!
Selena and Amy smiling big in the photo booth!
Gabrielle and Kaylyn- so sweet!
Some good-looking redheads: Levi and Grant

4th graders race to win the "Heart Toss."
Jacob, Isaac, and Luke cram into the heart photo booth! 




 

Drew and Josh enjoying the Valentine Party!



















If you're in the area, make sure you stop by the "Hall of Frame" to see even more pictures of the GCS art students having Valentine Fun!! Next week has even more great things in store! I hope everyone has a happy Valentine Weekend!
Love to all!
Mrs. Edwards

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Second Grade's Celebration

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Second Grade did not illustrate last week, because we were too busy celebrating our win in the No "W" Contest!! We narrowed down our theme to 2 choices- popcorn or playdough. The final choice? Both!


 

It's not really a party without popcorn, so we decided we could have a Popcorn AND a Playdough Party! Each art student spent the whole art hour molding, creating, bending, shaping, and playing with Playdough.


Then we all took a dive into the sea of flavors of popcorn. The favorite was caramel corn of course! (I prefer the cheddar!) After we made a huge mess, we cleaned up as fast as we could. Whoever I saw working the hardest was able to pick their playdough color first... this was a big deal, because this was for KEEPS!



 Wow! It was such a fun time, and I am so very proud of their hard work and excellent behavior!

Good work Second Grade!

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And the winner is...

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Hello Friends!

Well, as most of you know, it turned out that instead of seeing my precious art students, I am looking at this:


The snow is so beautiful, but unfortunately it also made it too dangerous to get to school both Thursday and Friday! That means no fun art classes for grades 1st - 4th! As today was the last day before Christmas break, we will just move our Christmas art activities to next year! (January 2011!)

And now, the results of the No "W" Contest!! 
There were no "W's" given out this week! So every class received a perfect 10! Yay! Sadly, there were some weeks where a few had to get a "W", there were also some weeks where classes showed exceptional behavior by helping me clean up, saying nice things to friends, etc. There is one class who never received a "W" and who also earned 6 extra points along the way! That makes the winner of the 2010 No "W" Contest....

 
2nd Grade!!

As soon as we get back from Christmas break, we will plan our fun party with the theme that they will choose. I have given the classes some ideas, and so far the biggest interests are Popcorn Party, Clay Party, and Ice cream Party! Sounds exciting! As always, we will post some pictures of the fun to come! 

Thanks for visiting! I hope you have a very happy and safe Christmas with your family and friends! Remember to thank God for all His many blessings! He has been so good to us, and He should be the center of our Christmas celebrations! 

May your days be merry and bright, and may all your Christmases be white!

Mrs. Edwards

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