Holy Savior Academy
South Plainfield, New Jersey
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Artwork Exhibits - this school year (since July 2012)
 
K-Caterpillar (16 artworks)
May 2013, taught by Miss Schrader
We watched a video based on the book The Hungry Caterpillar. Then we made our own hungry caterpillars. The next step is ...
   
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May 2013, taught by Keri Schrader
After practicing drawing realistic eyes, we created surreal designs in the iris of the eyes. Don't you think our artwork ...
   
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3- Camoflauge Creatures (25 artworks)
May 2013, taught by Miss Schrader
We chose an animal and drew it from a birds eye view. Then we painted a pattern on it and also a background. We cut out ...
   
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PK3- Painting (9 artworks)
May 2013, taught by Miss Schrader
We experimented with paint! We found that we can create colors!
   
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5-Onomatopoeia (23 artworks)
May 2013, taught by Keri Schrader
Pop Art is very bright, bold and can involve words. We used onomatopoeia words in this project to how we things SOUNDS w ...
   
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2- Origami Frogs (15 artworks)
May 2013, taught by Miss Schrader
We learned how to make origami frogs and 3-D backgrounds.
   
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1B- Yes Day! (15 artworks)
May 2013, taught by Miss Schrader
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Clean Campus Day (61 artworks)
May 2013, taught by Miss Schrader
Posters to promote clean school environment and recycling.
   
 
pk3- spring flowers (15 artworks)
Apr 2013, taught by Miss Schrader
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1A- YES DAY!! (15 artworks)
Apr 2013, taught by Miss Schrader
We read a book called Yes Day, then we tried to decide what question we would ask on yes day.
   
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pk4- The sun! (27 artworks)
Apr 2013, taught by Miss Schrader
we learned about how people from various cultures draw the sun differently. we drew our own version of the sun.
   
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pk3- lady bugs! (10 artworks)
Apr 2013, taught by Miss Schrader
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Apr 2013, taught by Miss Schrader
We completed drawing exercises that challenged us to concentrate more on proportion and drawing "what you see." This wil ...
   
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7- Space Art (14 artworks)
Apr 2013, taught by Miss Schrader
Requirements were to use different kinds of techniques for chalk pastels; utilizing them in a way to create shadows and ...
   
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4-Picasso Head (19 artworks)
Apr 2013, taught by Miss Schrader
We created portraits on picassohead.com
   
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8 Jabberwocky (9 artworks)
Apr 2013, taught by Miss Schrader
We read a poem about a Jabberwocky and created our own
   
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pk4 Porcupine! (20 artworks)
Apr 2013, taught by Miss Schrader
We used scissors to make our porcupines really spikey!
   
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5 Mosaic (22 artworks)
Mar 2013, taught by Miss Schrader
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PK4 Easter Eggs (21 artworks)
Mar 2013, taught by Miss Schrader
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K & 2- Easter Break! (33 artworks)
Mar 2013, taught by Miss Schrader
What we are looking forward to during Easter break.
   
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4- Emotions Portrait (24 artworks)
Mar 2013, taught by Miss Schrader
We talked about different kinds of emotions and how we express these on our faces. Then we traced our portraits with glu ...
   
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PK4- Perfect Pet (4 artworks)
Mar 2013, taught by Miss Schrader
We assembled different shapes to create a dog! Then we decorated our dogs.
   
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7 Pointilism (16 artworks)
Mar 2013, taught by Miss Schrader
We learned about the technique, artist, and style of Pointilism and created our own pictures with a foreground, middle g ...
   
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1A&B-Baskets (27 artworks)
Mar 2013, taught by Miss Schrader
We analyzed pictures of paintings artists have create with baskets as the subject matter. We then discussed what we coul ...
   
 
2- Where do balloons go? (17 artworks)
Mar 2013, taught by Miss Schrader
We used our imagination and drew where we think balloons go when they fly away. We learned about opaque and translusent ...
   
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3- Seeing Music! (31 artworks)
Mar 2013, taught by Miss Schrader
We listened to two songs that were very different from each other. We talked about how the songs make us feel, and the t ...
   
 
K-With Friends (16 artworks)
Mar 2013, taught by Miss Schrader
We discussed what our favorite thing to do is with our friends and family. We focused on drawing people and taking our t ...
   
 
1A- Responsibility (14 artworks)
Mar 2013
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Mar 2013, taught by Miss Schrader
We learned about and practiced 8 kinds of watercolor techniques in order to create our final projects.
   
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8-Watercolor (10 artworks)
Mar 2013, taught by Miss Schrader
We took the 8 different techniques we learned and combined them in one painting. To make our projects interesting, we in ...
   
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PK4-Smiles (20 artworks)
Mar 2013, taught by Miss Schrader
We talked about why people say "cheese" when we take pictures. We read a story called Say Cheese and drew our own pictur ...
   
 
3-Idioms (24 artworks)
Mar 2013, taught by Miss Schrader
We learned about idioms and what the literal and figurative translation of these phrases would be. We decided to draw th ...
   
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1B- Outside My Window (16 artworks)
Mar 2013, taught by Keri Schrader
We looked at paintings with windows that were made by the artist Henri Matisse. We discussed all the different things he ...
   
 
PK3 Cute Cats (10 artworks)
Mar 2013, taught by Miss Schrader
We tooks shapes and we assembled them to look like cats! Then we drew faces, legs, toys and food for our cats. We also l ...
   
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7- silhouette tree (14 artworks)
Mar 2013, taught by Miss Schrader
We learned two watercolor techniques: flat and graded wash. Then we learned how to make trees and silhouettes.
   
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5- Stamps (23 artworks)
Feb 2013, taught by Miss Schrader
We learned about Andy Warhol's "Factory" and created stamped based off of Pop Art ideas.
   
 
K- Say Cheese! (13 artworks)
Feb 2013, taught by Miss Schrader
We read a book called Say Cheese and learned about why we say cheese when we take pictures. Then, we drew ourselves taki ...
   
 
Feb 2013, taught by Miss Schrader
We watched a music video called "If I were an animal.." and decided what we would be!
   
 
PK3-Hot Air Balloons! (10 artworks)
Feb 2013, taught by Miss Schrader
We learned about how hot air balloons work and all the different ways they can look. We made our own balloons with paper ...
   
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2A- Textures (18 artworks)
Feb 2013, taught by Miss Schrader
We reached inside the "Mystery Box" and felt all different kinds of textures. Then, we had to try to draw these textures ...
   
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PK4- Silly Zebras (20 artworks)
Feb 2013, taught by Keri Schrader
We made zebras with silly stripes and hair.
   
 
Feb 2013, taught by Keri Schrader
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1A- Outside My Window (15 artworks)
Feb 2013, taught by Keri Schrader
We looked at paintings with windows that were made by the artist Henri Matisse. We discussed all the different things he ...
   
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8- Kaleidoscope (10 artworks)
Feb 2013, taught by Keri Schrader
We discussed different kinds of fonts, lines, shapes, and patterns to create a design. Then we repeated these designs to ...
   
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7- One Point Perspective (17 artworks)
Feb 2013, taught by Miss Schrader
We learned about one point perspective and reviewed some famous artwork that utilized this technique. Then we drew out n ...
   
 
3-Cakes! (26 artworks)
Feb 2013, taught by Miss Schrader
We learned how to turn a cylinder into a tiered cake! We chose either an existing holiday, special event, or we made up ...
   
 
1B-Imaginary Monsters (16 artworks)
Feb 2013, taught by Miss Schrader
We listened to a story that described the characteristics monsters could have. Then, we created our own monsters and sho ...
   
 
K- Warm Blankets (16 artworks)
Feb 2013, taught by Miss Schrader
We saw a painting from Gustav Klimt with a baby bundled in a blanket. We decided to draw ourselves in nice big warm blan ...
   
 
PK3-Mondrain (10 artworks)
Feb 2013, taught by Miss Schrader
We looked at artwork from Mondrain and learned that he used red, blue, yellow, white and black shapes to make his pictur ...
   
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1A-Imaginary Monsters (14 artworks)
Feb 2013, taught by Miss Schrader
We listened to a story that described the characteristics monsters could have. Then, we created our own monsters and sho ...
   
 
PK4-Collage (18 artworks)
Feb 2013, taught by Miss Schrader
We used different colors and shapes to make a picture instead of drawing it. Look at all the different ideas we came up ...
   
 
Feb 2013, taught by Miss Schrader
We used blue, yellow, and red/pink tissue paper. We tried to overlap the colors. We found out that we could make new col ...
   
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8-Minions! (6 artworks)
Jan 2013, taught by Miss Schrader
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8- Still Life (9 artworks)
Jan 2013, taught by Miss Schrader
After learning about and practicing blind contours, we sketched out a still life. Then, we learned about composition and ...
   
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7-Weaving (14 artworks)
Jan 2013, taught by Miss Schrader
We learned how to weave and then we made our own bags
   
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7- Surreal Eye (13 artworks)
Jan 2013, taught by Miss Schrader
We learned how to draw realistic eyes and the style of surrealism. Then we drew a "surreal" scene in our eyes and used p ...
   
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6-Zentangle (23 artworks)
Jan 2013, taught by Miss Schrader
We learned about zentangles and created our very own!
   
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6- Impressionism (70 artworks)
Jan 2013, taught by Miss Schrader
We learned about the style of Impressionism and the technques used to paint. For all our paintings, we chose nature them ...
   
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Jan 2013, taught by Miss Schrader
We learned about positive and negative space and created one image with this idea. We learned that symmetry is very impo ...
   
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Jan 2013, taught by Miss Schrader
Inviting students from around the world to submit artwork based on a space-oriented theme titled "If I were going..."
   
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5-Space Art (23 artworks)
Jan 2013, taught by Miss Schrader
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4- Scratch Art (28 artworks)
Jan 2013, taught by Miss Schrader
We took our mechanical/organic drawings and painted black over the whole thing. It was really important that the black w ...
   
 
4- Shapes (27 artworks)
Jan 2013, taught by Miss Schrader
We learned about mechanical and organic shapes. Then we used oil pastels to draw a mixture of these shapes, like a puzzl ...
   
 
3- Warm/Cool Weavings (49 artworks)
Jan 2013, taught by Miss Schrader
We learned about warm, cool, and neutral colors and how to remember which colors are which. Then, we separated strips of ...
   
 
2- Dot to Dot (17 artworks)
Jan 2013, taught by Miss Schrader
We watched a video on how a girl made artwork just out of a single dots. Our artwork has many dots! We connected those d ...
   
 
2- Germs! (16 artworks)
Jan 2013, taught by Miss Schrader
This is the time of year that everyone starts getting sick. We talked about what we thought germs would look like if we ...
   
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1A- Matching Mittens (15 artworks)
Jan 2013, taught by Miss Schrader
We cut out a pair of matching mittens that were our favorite colors. Then we learned about patterns and practiced some o ...
   
 
1B- Matching Mittens (15 artworks)
Jan 2013, taught by Miss Schrader
We cut out a pair of matching mittens that were our favorite colors. Then we learned about patterns and practiced some o ...
   
 
K- At Night (17 artworks)
Jan 2013, taught by Miss Schrader
We talked about different things we liked doing at night and drew a picture of it with construction paper crayons. We al ...
   
 
pk4- hand animals (53 artworks)
Jan 2013, taught by Miss Schrader
we traced our hands and tried to think about what kinds of animals we could make.
   
 
pk3-Splatter Paint (8 artworks)
Jan 2013, taught by Miss Schrader
we rolled marbles that were covered in paint and made a splatter paint picture!
   
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PK3- Yarn Lines (10 artworks)
Jan 2013, taught by Miss Schrader
We made our favorite lines out of yarn and glued them down to the paper. Then, we drew more lines just like the yarn lin ...
   
 
PK3- Lines (10 artworks)
Jan 2013, taught by Miss Schrader
We learned about all different kinds of lines and drew these lines in the air to practice before putting them on paper. ...
   
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K- Winter Coats (17 artworks)
Jan 2013, taught by Miss Schrader
Step by step, we learned how to make winter coats and drew ourselves in them. We also added things we like wearing in co ...
   
 
PK4- Mouse Paint (58 artworks)
Jan 2013, taught by Miss Schrader
We watched a video called Mouse Paint that was based off of a book. It was about mice mixing up and making new colors. W ...
   
 
8-Blind Contours (6 artworks)
Dec 2012, taught by Miss Schrader
We learned about blind and modified blind contours. It is when you have to draw something you see and you cannot look do ...
   
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My House (9 artworks)
Dec 2012, taught by Miss Schrader
We learned how to draw houses.
   
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3- Snowglobe (25 artworks)
Dec 2012, taught by Miss Schrader
We learned how to make snow globes by using the resist technique to draw snow and a shine on the globe. We also drew our ...
   
 
6-Comic Book Cover (13 artworks)
Dec 2012, taught by Miss Schrader
We are all superheros.. or villians! We learned how to make different kinds of cartoons and created characters for ourse ...
   
 
PK4- Mondrian (19 artworks)
Dec 2012, taught by Keri Schrader
We looked at paintings created by the artist Mondrian. We found that he uses the colors black, white, yellow, red and bl ...
   
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2-Snowman (17 artworks)
Dec 2012, taught by Miss Schrader
We don't like making boring pictures! We learned how to make our drawings more interesting by CROPPING our pictures. Lo ...
   
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7 Pointilism (14 artworks)
Dec 2012, taught by Miss Schrader
We learned about the technique, artist, and style of Pointilism and created our own pictures with a foreground, middle g ...
   
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1B-Alphabet Art (16 artworks)
Dec 2012, taught by Miss Schrader
We combined letters and numbers into an abstract drawing with all different shapes in it
   
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8-Watercolor Painting (7 artworks)
Nov 2012, taught by Miss Schrader
We learned about fauvism and the bright bold colors those artists used. For our paintings, we took the ideas of bold col ...
   
 
6- Art Blobs (14 artworks)
Nov 2012, taught by Miss Schrader
We learned about Op Art and optical illusions. This project shows how you can make something look 3D by how big or small ...
   
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Nov 2012, taught by Miss Schrader
We discussed the different types of leave and colors of the fall. We drew OUTLINES of leaves and then used the RESIST te ...
   
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2- I am an artist (15 artworks)
Nov 2012, taught by Miss Schrader
We drew ourselves in our favorite places to paint and wearing our messy clothes and smocks. Then we made mini masterpiec ...
   
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2- Fall Collage (17 artworks)
Nov 2012, taught by Miss Schrader
We discussed the different fall colors and how to create more realistic looking trees. We made these scenes by using pap ...
   
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1A- Alphabet Art (16 artworks)
Nov 2012, taught by Miss Schrader
We made an abstract picture using letters and numbers. Then, we colors in all the shapes we made with crayons.
   
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1A- Fall Trees (16 artworks)
Nov 2012, taught by Miss Schrader
We learned a different way on how to draw trees more realistically. Then we added cut tissue paper pieces to look like l ...
   
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1- Fall Tree (16 artworks)
Nov 2012, taught by Miss Schrader
We learned how to make fall trees. Then, we glued tissue paper collage pieces to make colorful leaves!
   
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K- City Collage (17 artworks)
Dec 2012, taught by Miss Schrader
We talked about cities and what shapes the buidlings usually are BUT we also watched a video on "Crazy Houses & Building ...
   
 
K-Fall Leaves (16 artworks)
Nov 2012, taught by Miss Schrader
We used a TEMPLATE to create big giant leaves. Then we colored them with fall colors and cut them out.
   
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PK4- Trees (20 artworks)
Nov 2012, taught by Miss Schrader
We made trees using our hands and our fingers were branches. Then we added all different colored leaves!
   
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PK3- Shapes and colors (23 artworks)
Nov 2012, taught by Miss Schrader
We talked about all different kinds of shapes and we circles our favorites. We also talked about our favorite colors and ...
   
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PK3- Fall Trees (7 artworks)
Nov 2012, taught by Miss Schrader
We learned about different fall colors and we drew what we see outside in the fall.
   
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Oct 2012, taught by Miss Schrader
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Nov 2012, taught by Miss Schrader
We learned about 3 different watercolor techniques and practiced them. This is just prep for our final project!
   
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8- Kaleidoscope (8 artworks)
Oct 2012, taught by Keri Schrader
We discussed different kinds of fonts, lines, shapes, and patterns to create a design. Then we repeated these designs to ...
   
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7- Space Art (14 artworks)
Nov 2012, taught by Miss Schrader
We learned about different kinds of mixed media techniques to produce this project. We used watercolors to create textur ...
   
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7A1- Perspective (14 artworks)
Oct 2012, taught by Keri Schrader
We learned how to create 3D objects by using one point perspective.
   
 
6A- Graffiti (14 artworks)
Oct 2012, taught by Miss Schrader
We learned how to create a graffiti inspired font.
   
 
5- Op Art (19 artworks)
Oct 2012, taught by Keri Schrader
We drew our names in block letters and created a grid. Then we learned about different types of color combinations to cr ...
   
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4- Cursive Names (26 artworks)
Oct 2012, taught by Keri Schrader
We wrote our names in curves and created a symmetrical design with it. Then we transformed our names into something or s ...
   
 
Oct 2012, taught by Keri Schrader
First we wrote a list of all our favorite things- activities, subjects, sports, colors, food, holidays, etc. Then we cre ...
   
 
2- Name Resist (17 artworks)
Oct 2012, taught by Miss Schrader
We learned how to create bubble letters and the resist technique with crayons and watercolors.
   
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1B- Artist Palettes (16 artworks)
Oct 2012, taught by Keri Schrader
We learned about artist palettes and created our own!
   
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1A- Artist Palettes (15 artworks)
Oct 2012, taught by Keri Schrader
We learned about artist palettes and created our own!
   
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K- Jackolanterns (15 artworks)
Oct 2012, taught by Miss Schrader
We learned how to cut paper to look like grass and draw pumpkins. Then, we made jackolantern faces and a Halloween scene ...
   
 
KA- Name Explosion (35 artworks)
Oct 2012, taught by Keri Schrader
We discussed different types of lines and drew the lines in the air with our fingers. Then we used those lines to make o ...
   
 
K-Free Draw (26 artworks)
Sep 2012, taught by Miss Schrader
Our first project was to draw whatever we wanted!
   
 
PK4 Textures (49 artworks)
Oct 2012, taught by Miss Schrader
We learned that textures are things that we can feel. We learned that textures can feel smooth, bumpy, sharp, soft, and ...
   
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PK4-Mosaic Names (18 artworks)
Oct 2012, taught by Keri Schrader
We learned about mosaics. Then, we made our name into a mosaic.
   
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PK4-Free Draw (29 artworks)
Sep 2012, taught by Miss Schrader
Our first project was to draw whatever we wanted!
   
 
PK3 Art Materials (43 artworks)
Oct 2012, taught by Miss Schrader
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PK3 Letters (8 artworks)
Oct 2012, taught by Miss Schrader
We colored in out initials with all different colored crayons. Then, we colored around it with colored we didn't use yet ...
   
 
PK3-Free Draw (17 artworks)
Sep 2012, taught by Miss Schrader
Our first project was to draw whatever we wanted!
   
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Snappables (207 artworks)
Sep 2012, taught by Miss Schrader
We are participating in the Artsonia "Snap My Art" Fundraiser! Soon, parents will get flyers to buy jewelery with our ar ...
   
 
Free Draw/Extra Credit (32 artworks)
Jul 2012, taught by Miss Schrader
Free Drawing and Extra Credit assignemnts done in class that we chose to put in our art gallery.
   
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Personal artwork and studies I have created.
   
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3304 artworks #11 #279
272 fanclub members #84 #1048
168 comments #31 #438
1525 artist statements #1 #19
  overall rank #30 #336
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Announcements
2012-2013 Artsonia Fundraiser!
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School Awards & Honors
  2011-2012 Statements Award
Ranked #1 in New Jersey (#11 in the nation) for artist statements collected among all schools
  2011-2012 Statements Award
Ranked #1 in New Jersey (#23 in the nation) for artist statements collected among elementary schools
  2011-2012 Comments Award
Ranked #7 in New Jersey (#110 in the nation) for comments posted among middle schools
  2011-2012 Statements Award
Ranked #3 in New Jersey (#16 in the nation) for artist statements collected among middle schools
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Student Hall of Fame
Shown are five randomly-selected students who have entered the Hall of Fame this year.
 Caleigh213
awarded on 10/29/2012
 Marissa3266
awarded on 10/18/2012
 Kayla8304
awarded on 2/2/2013
 Ava2141
awarded on 12/3/2012
 Merciades1
awarded on 10/4/2012
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Recent visitor comments ...
you are doing great my baby girl keep it up -- carlene
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Nice Basket. Keep up the awesome work! -- Daddy
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Earth Day is Awesome!!!! Great job baby! -- Daddy
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Recent artist statements ...
I chose Batman and Spongebob under the sea!
written by Emily16589
The image I chose was a dark night with stars
written by Destiny3498
My surreal image is a person hidden/blended in the trees
written by Maree6
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