Pleasant Ridge Elementary School
Charlestown, Indiana
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Artwork Exhibits - this school year (since July 2012)
 
Fireworks (40 artworks)
May 2013, taught by Catherine Walls
Our impression of Thunder Over Louisville made with metallic markers on black paper.
   
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Starry Night Landscapes (62 artworks)
May 2013, taught by Catherine Walls
Our renditions of Vincent Van Gogh's The Starry Night painting, made with glitter and metallic crayons.
   
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May 2013, taught by Catherine Walls
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Clay Snails (84 artworks)
May 2013, taught by Catherine Walls
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Kindergarten Pinch Pots (71 artworks)
Apr 2013, taught by Catherine Walls
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Mittens (68 artworks)
Feb 2013, taught by Catherine Walls
Kindergarteners traced around their hands to draw mittens. They made patterns with crayons and painted with watercolors ...
   
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Tie Dye Butterflies (69 artworks)
Feb 2013, taught by Catherine Walls
Using marker on coffee filters, then spritzing them with water, we made beautiful butterfly wings that resemble tie dye. ...
   
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Name Landscapes (32 artworks)
Feb 2013, taught by Catherine Walls
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Sep 2012, taught by Catherine Walls
First graders brainstormed where we can find circular shapes in the real world, then took one circle and designed a pict ...
   
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Tessellations (37 artworks)
Jan 2013, taught by Catherine Walls
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3-D Clay Forms (68 artworks)
Feb 2013, taught by Catherine Walls
Third, Fourth, and Fifth-graders used Model Magic, an air-dry clay to create three-dimensional sculptures and pottery. T ...
   
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Coil pots-2nd grade (41 artworks)
Feb 2013, taught by Catherine Walls
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Clay Fish (55 artworks)
Feb 2013, taught by Catherine Walls
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Feb 2013, taught by Catherine Walls
Second graders learned about the artist Wassily Kandinsky, then made a color study similar to his work named Concentric ...
   
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Mosaics (57 artworks)
Feb 2013, taught by Catherine Walls
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Feb 2013, taught by Catherine Walls
Students viewed the works of Romero Britto, a contemporary pop artist from Brazil, then created simple shapes inspired b ...
   
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Dec 2012, taught by Catherine Walls
After viewing a PowerPoint about Pop Artist Jim Dine, 4th graders painted two papers, one with only cool colors and one ...
   
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Dec 2012, taught by Catherine Walls
5th graders used oil pastels to create a sunset or sunrise, painted birch trees to add to their landscape, added shadows ...
   
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Painted Hearts-K (71 artworks)
Feb 2013, taught by Catherine Walls
After reading a book about mixing colors, we mixed red and white paint to create a surprise color (pink)! When the paint ...
   
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Dec 2012, taught by Catherine Walls
Fourth grade artists learned about the art element of value-and how changing value can add depth and dimension to artwor ...
   
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Snowman portraits-3rd (52 artworks)
Dec 2012, taught by Catherine Walls
Third grade artists created side-view portraits of snow people by painting with a large marshmallow. Details were added ...
   
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Dec 2012, taught by Catherine Walls
Students made snow people by painting with a large marshmallow dipped in white tempera paint. Details were added with co ...
   
 
Dec 2012, taught by Catherine Walls
We read "All You Need For a Snowman" and traced and cut out 3 circles-one large, one medium, and one small. These were g ...
   
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Nov 2012, taught by Catherine Walls
This project involves the use of complementary colors, negative and positive space, and symmetry. It was a little more c ...
   
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Dec 2012, taught by Catherine Walls
Fourth graders painted puzzle pieces with tones (darker) and tints (lighter) of green, then used them to make Christmas ...
   
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Value Trees-2nd (62 artworks)
Dec 2012, taught by Catherine Walls
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Foil Painting-3rd (55 artworks)
Nov 2012, taught by Catherine Walls
Third graders designed a holiday scene, then used a stylus to imprint the design on foil. They colored the picture with ...
   
 
Triangle Trees-1st (67 artworks)
Dec 2012, taught by Catherine Walls
Working with different shades of green, we traced and cut triangles, overlapping and gluing them to make trees, then col ...
   
 
Dec 2012, taught by Catherine Walls
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Thanksgiving Turkeys (59 artworks)
Nov 2012, taught by Catherine Walls
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Handy Turkeys-K (70 artworks)
Nov 2012, taught by Catherine Walls
These are Thanksgiving turkeys created by Kinders using a tracing of their hands. The thumb became the head and the fing ...
   
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ART ENRICHMENT (21 artworks)
Nov 2012, taught by Catherine Walls
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Nov 2012, taught by Catherine Walls
To celebrate autumn, the second graders made a field of colored tissue paper glued to heavy paper, then added paper pop- ...
   
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Watercolor Pumpkins (83 artworks)
Nov 2012, taught by Catherine Walls
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Yarn Art - 4th Grade (62 artworks)
Nov 2012, taught by Catherine Walls
Students "drew" pictures with lines of glue and placed colorful yarn on the glue to create art work with an emphasis on ...
   
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Autumn Pumpkins-5th (53 artworks)
Nov 2012, taught by Catherine Walls
A pumpkin is the focal point of these autumn landscapes. They are drawn and colored with oil pastels on dark paper. Gorg ...
   
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Autumn Trees-2nd (62 artworks)
Oct 2012, taught by Catherine Walls
After a lesson on drawing a realistic-looking tree with branches, students used colored pencils to add color to their au ...
   
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Autumn Leaves (61 artworks)
Nov 2012, taught by Catherine Walls
Students mixed red and yellow paint to make orange, painted papers, then traced and cut out leaves. They added veins wit ...
   
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Spider Webs-3rd (55 artworks)
Oct 2012, taught by Catherine Walls
Third graders learned how to make a spider web using diagonal, horizontal, and vertical line segments, then "drew" the l ...
   
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Op Art-4th (61 artworks)
Oct 2012, taught by Catherine Walls
Fourth graders learned about Op Art and optical illusion, then created some drawings of their own with pencil colors. Th ...
   
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Op Art-5th (69 artworks)
Oct 2012, taught by Catherine Walls
We learned about Op Art, became acquainted with the father of Op Art, Victor Vasarely, and then created our own optical ...
   
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SPED (1 artwork)
Sep 2012, taught by Catherine Walls
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Handy Trees (69 artworks)
Sep 2012, taught by Catherine Walls
After tracing their hands and arms, students cut them out, pasted them to paper, and made foliage with crushed squares o ...
   
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Spider Webs-K (68 artworks)
Sep 2012, taught by Catherine Walls
Kinders learned about spiders and webs, made a spider, then created a tangled web of their own by marble painting.
   
 
Artists are Unique (14 artworks)
Sep 2012, taught by Catherine Walls
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Sep 2012, taught by Catherine Walls
Students discussed symmetry and afterwards made paintings by dipping a string into paint (the three primary colors), lay ...
   
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Sep 2012, taught by Catherine Walls
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Symphony in Color (21 artworks)
Sep 2012, taught by Catherine Walls
Some results of integrating the arts-visual art with music. Students of all grade levels created artworks while learning ...
   
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Shape Surprises (23 artworks)
Sep 2012, taught by Catherine Walls
Students traced around geometric shapes to create a picture of their choice. I love the variety!
   
 
Hand Contours (74 artworks)
Sep 2012, taught by Catherine Walls
Fifth graders learned about actual and implied lines. The combination of straight and curved actual horizontal lines in ...
   
 
Sep 2012, taught by Catherine Walls
Students tore 3 holes in a piece of white paper, then used a marker to create a single, continuous contour line around t ...
   
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Sep 2012, taught by Catherine Walls
After a study on line, one of the seven elements of art, students cut paper "lines" and created three-dimensional constr ...
   
 
Line Dancing - 2nd Grade (61 artworks)
Sep 2012, taught by Catherine Walls
After a study on lines, we made zigzag, curved, and straight vertical lines with a permanent marker, then painted betwee ...
   
 
Sep 2012, taught by Catherine Walls
First graders learned that we can see lines everywhere! Lines are important in art, music, science, math, social studies ...
   
 
Sep 2012, taught by Catherine Walls
Kindergarteners learned about different types of lines, then cut and glued straight paper "lines" on a square. To finish ...
   
 
Non-Exhibit Artwork (4 artworks)
Oct 2012
   
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for this school year ... state nation
3082 artworks #7 #337
446 fanclub members #12 #508
94 comments #24 #789
21 artist statements #33 #991
  overall rank #14 #612
counts updated daily, last updated today at 3:05 am
 
Announcements
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School Awards & Honors
  2011-2012 Leadership Award
Ranked #9 in Indiana (#479 in the nation) for overall participation among all schools
  2011-2012 Art Publishing Award
Ranked #6 in Indiana (#213 in the nation) for art published among all schools
  2011-2012 Fan Clubs Award
Ranked #9 in Indiana (#442 in the nation) for fan club signups among all schools
  2011-2012 Leadership Award
Ranked #8 in Indiana (#443 in the nation) for overall participation among elementary schools
  2011-2012 Art Publishing Award
Ranked #5 in Indiana (#182 in the nation) for art published among elementary schools
view all awards (28 awards in all)
 
Student Hall of Fame
Shown are the students who have entered the Hall of Fame this year.
 Spencer1168
awarded on 5/14/2013
 Isabella2449
awarded on 12/11/2012
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Recent visitor comments ...
Awesome artwork Mason! You did a great job withe colors. -- Jodie
left for Mason6033
LOVE this one Bub!!! I may have to get a tee or mug! :) -- Mom
left for Spencer1168
Oh! such a pretty coil pot, so proud of you. Love ya Granny -- Judy
left for Skylar2182
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Recent artist statements ...
This is a frog! I love insects and animals. I think they are sweet.
written by Chasity308
I liked this picture because it reminds me of fall colors. I used paper and cut it to look like a leaf, then I painted it and made the lines out of yarn.
written by Chasity308
I used paper and cut them into shapes and colored it
written by Chasity308
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