Wednesday, June 11, 2014

1st grade summer portraits!

1st graders had fun drawing themselves and a big slice of watermelon! 











5th grade Lichtenstein Portraits

5th grade artists finished the year strong with this project inspired by Pop Artist Roy Lichtenstein! 

















Great job everyone!!!!!

Wednesday, April 30, 2014

A peek into our Halls, finished projects!

Dugan artists did a great job!!

2nd graders learned about the Aztec culture and created warriors in Profile view. They explored blending using oil pastels and focused on the contributions the Aztecs made to the textile industry with their patterns


















3rd grade students explored the art of Australia and the Aborigines. Dugan artists created Xray style animals and a Dot art border.


4th grade artists traveled to Africa and discovered the Ndebele village of Mapoch, South Africa. Here they discuss the style of the brightly painted building. Students create a frame in the style of the Ndebele Artists.
Students then discuss the animals you will see in Africa and used oil pastels to discuss blending to show form and realism.

5th Graders discovered the history and culture of the Oaxacan people from Oaxaca, Mexico (woo-ha-ka). They discussed Alebrijes and the the mythical stories. Students created on tin their animal and created a wonderful story that denotes its character traits.


5th grade






Sunday, April 27, 2014

Collaborative Project!

Coming soon to Dugan!!!!

Students will learn about the amazing American glass sculptor Dave Chihuly. Students will explore 3D art as well as working together as a school to create a unified work of art. 

Below are photos for inspiration
Artist Dave Chihuly





Dugan Artists: Please bring in 1 empty water bottle (feel free to stop by after lunch with your recycled bottle!)

Thursday, March 27, 2014

1st grade: Picasso Roosters

First grade artists discussed the difference in style of Picasso's roosters. We discussed how we can use line to show texture and how we can use overlapping lines to blend colors to show the feathers. 

Students had a lot of fun with THE CHALLENGE (can we slowly and neatly outline our rooster in black?!) All artists were successful!! 

Below is our bulletin board in the hall, and more Roosters will be filling our Dugan halls shortly!




Monday, March 17, 2014

Welcome!

Welcome to our Art room blog!!

My name is Miss Ford, and I am so excited to join the wonderful artists at Dugan Elementary School!

Here you will find student art work, art room happenings, art current events and the winners of the golden crayon!!

Projects are underway this week and I am very excited to see our students shine!

Below is a tour of the new art room! 
Our new objectives board, featuring the samples of all grades projects!

Our new word wall, so we can reinforce vocab words we learn in the art room
Class rules, important signs!

Class wide behavior board to go with THE GOLDEN CRAYON!!!
Get ready to travel, next week we venture to the lucky classroom!


Art Jobs! Students don't forget your Art number!

No negative attitudes, it may be new and hard but nothing is impossible!!