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School Gallery
Artwork Exhibits - this school year (since July 2012)
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Apr 2013, taught by Maripat Hyatt
If students finish their project early in art class I give them an extra piece of paper to create from their ideas. Here ...
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Apr 2013, taught by Maripat Hyatt
Students discussed how long ago these paintings in caves would have been made. We talked about the types of materials th ...
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Apr 2013, taught by Maripat Hyatt
We talked about the purpose behind the cave art that was found. We talked about the artists who made cave art and we tal ...
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Apr 2013, taught by Maripat Hyatt
Students got direct instruction on how to make a pinchpot. They worked on smoothing the edges and making an awesome bowl ...
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Apr 2013, taught by Maripat Hyatt
Students experimented with different objects to create texture in the clay.
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Apr 2013, taught by Maripat Hyatt
We read the story "The Legend of the Chinese Dragon". Students were encouraged to create any type of dragon that they wa ...
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Apr 2013, taught by Maripat Hyatt
Students learned about the many different robots that help people do things everyday. Then they got to design an robot t ...
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Apr 2013, taught by Maripat Hyatt
Students leaned the proper proportions for creating a portrait. Then they used one color and black and white to create d ...
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Apr 2013, taught by Maripat Hyatt
These students were finished their monochromatic portraits. To get more practice with mixing tints and shades they were ...
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Apr 2013, taught by Maripat Hyatt
Students were given red, yellow and blue. These designs are what they created by mixing colors.
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Apr 2013, taught by Maripat Hyatt
Students learned how to cut a heart from a folded piece of paper. They noticed that both sides came out the same.
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Apr 2013, taught by Maripat Hyatt
Students were introduced to a new media, water soluable oil pastels. Students experimented with this new media.
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Apr 2013, taught by Maripat Hyatt
During the first lesson students learned how to change a square into a circle by trimming off the courners. They used gl ...
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Apr 2013, taught by Maripat Hyatt
We discussed where artists get their ideas from and whether it is okay to copy someones ideas. The class said it wasn't ...
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Apr 2013, taught by Maripat Hyatt
We looked at two artists who used line, shape and value to create optical illusions as art forms, Bridget Riley and Vict ...
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Apr 2013, taught by Maripat Hyatt
Students were shown a variety of sculptures, the Lincoln Memorial, a snow sculpture, a sand sculpture, wood, and recycle ...
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Mar 2013, taught by Maripat Hyatt
Students practiced cutting paper and glueing it in place.
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Mar 2013, taught by Maripat Hyatt
Students watched a demonstration of how to draw a tree. They created these early spring paintings.
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Paper Collage
(3 artworks)
Mar 2013, taught by Maripat Hyatt
Students learned to use dots of glue and place the paper over the dot of glue.
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Mar 2013, taught by Maripat Hyatt
Students selected a heart that they wanted to paint and chose the colors they wanted to use.
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Mar 2013, taught by Maripat Hyatt
The students in this group have different abilities. They watched and followed along as I showed them the way to draw a ...
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Mar 2013, taught by Maripat Hyatt
Students learned about forshortening. The effect of distance in a very short area. The students created their self portr ...
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Mar 2013, taught by Maripat Hyatt
This was a lesson about Value, the lightness or darkness of a color, and how to use it to create 3-D effects. Students f ...
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Mar 2013, taught by Maripat Hyatt
In preparation for earth day in April I shared a website with the students about different ways that we can help the pla ...
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Mar 2013, taught by Maripat Hyatt
Students sounded out the spelling of the word Spring. We talked about the signs of spring and did designs around the wor ...
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Mar 2013, taught by Maripat Hyatt
Last week we painted our clay ducks. This week we talked about the environment or habitat where a duck might live. Lucki ...
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Mar 2013, taught by Maripat Hyatt
This lesson is the first time 1st grade students had to join multiple pieces of clay. They learned about score (scratch) ...
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Mar 2013, taught by Maripat Hyatt
Quack! To teach students how important their hands are as tools we created these wonderful ducks. Students had to roll a ...
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Mar 2013, taught by Maripat Hyatt
We talked about artists who use numbers in their art. I showed the students how to make large numbers that were "bubble" ...
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Mar 2013, taught by Maripat Hyatt
We discussed the coming of spring and what that means. New growth on trees, flowers blooming, green grass growning, bird ...
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Feb 2013, taught by Maripat Hyatt
Students were guided in their drawing of the human figure.
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Feb 2013, taught by Maripat Hyatt
Students looked a different examples of quilt blocks. We looke at the fact that if you fold the block in half both sides ...
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Feb 2013, taught by Maripat Hyatt
Students looked at the Adinkra symbols from Ghana. We talked about the symbols and what they ment in that culture. We al ...
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Feb 2013, taught by Maripat Hyatt
Students were introduced to the idea of positive and negative space. Notan is a type of design done in Japan. Students u ...
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Feb 2013, taught by Maripat Hyatt
Student created designs with water soluble oil pastels. They used a variety of lines, shapes and colors.
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Feb 2013, taught by Maripat Hyatt
We talked about abstract art. Students experiemented with lines, shapes and colors with water soluble oil pastels. Once ...
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Feb 2013, taught by Maripat Hyatt
During this month of February we talked about the Love stamp and that there have been many versions of this stamp since ...
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Feb 2013, taught by Maripat Hyatt
Students chose from 9 different projects to research about animals and their different features. For instance animals an ...
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Feb 2013, taught by Maripat Hyatt
Students were asked to choose a book they had recently read. They were to imagine that they were going to be making a mo ...
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Feb 2013, taught by Maripat Hyatt
Students were given an review of how the primary colors mix and make new colors. They were only given red, yellow and bl ...
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Feb 2013, taught by Maripat Hyatt
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Feb 2013, taught by Maripat Hyatt
Students were so excited about mixing colors after the penguin landscapes that we did more painting. Students who finish ...
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Feb 2013, taught by Maripat Hyatt
Students looked at pictures of penguins in antartica. The snow did not look white but tints of blue and violet. Students ...
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Feb 2013, taught by Maripat Hyatt
Students were introduced to tints and shades. A tint is a color with white added. A shade is color with black mixed adde ...
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Recycled Art
(13 artworks)
Feb 2013, taught by Maripat Hyatt
Students discussed recycling and how it helps the planet. We had some old CD's in the art room and permanent markers dec ...
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Feb 2013, taught by Maripat Hyatt
Students practiced cutting skills with a new twist. If you fold the paper once you can get two of the same shape. If you ...
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Feb 2013, taught by Maripat Hyatt
Students folded the paper in half both ways to find the center of the square. Then they placed pre-cut shapes around the ...
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Feb 2013, taught by Maripat Hyatt
Students used the new digital tablets to create these Virginia landscapes based on the information they had learned in s ...
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Feb 2013, taught by Maripat Hyatt
Students learned that each form in Greek pottery has a specific purpose. Most Greek pottery was decorated with pictures ...
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Jan 2013, taught by Maripat Hyatt
Students looked at beautiful designs made from colored glass. We talked about where you might find these types of window ...
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Dec 2012, taught by Maripat Hyatt
Students created these snow people sandwiches but putting string between two circles. They then added a variety of detai ...
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Dec 2012, taught by Maripat Hyatt
Students used a variety of colors and shapes to create these wonderful little winter people.
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Dec 2012, taught by Maripat Hyatt
Students created the white snow ground by cutting on a wavy line that they created. We learned about the glue rule "dot, ...
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Dec 2012, taught by Maripat Hyatt
Students learned about the various sources of fiber that it used to make cloth. They got to see a demonstration of how w ...
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Dec 2012, taught by Maripat Hyatt
Quilling was an art form used in the colonial age. It has had a rebirth recently and directions and materials can be fou ...
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Dec 2012, taught by Maripat Hyatt
Students were introduced to the idea that baskets have been found as far back as the 3rd millenium BC. In those days ba ...
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Dec 2012, taught by Maripat Hyatt
Students were introduced to one way to draw a bird close up. We discussed that there are many ways to draw anything and ...
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Dec 2012, taught by Maripat Hyatt
I read two wonderful books about snowmen, "Snowman at Night" by Caralyn Buehner and "Snowballs" by Lois Ehlert. Student ...
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Dec 2012, taught by Maripat Hyatt
Students were introduced to the painting by Vincent Van Gogh, A Starry Night. We discussed what they saw in the painting ...
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Dec 2012, taught by Maripat Hyatt
Students used a variety of leaf and acorn shapes and traced them so they appeared to be overlapping. They used oil paste ...
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Dec 2012, taught by Maripat Hyatt
Students learned how to draw a fall tree and then added details to make a landscape.
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Dec 2012, taught by Maripat Hyatt
Student used a snowflake stamp to make these designs.
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Dec 2012, taught by Maripat Hyatt
Students learned about body proportions. They used wooden manikins as models to create drawings of the human form. Once ...
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Dec 2012, taught by Maripat Hyatt
Students used a pinch pot base and added details to them to create these goofy and scary monsters.
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Dec 2012, taught by Maripat Hyatt
Students observed their faces using a mirror and then were guided on how to draw their face. The printed frames were don ...
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Dec 2012, taught by Maripat Hyatt
Students practiced their observation skills as they drew this still life filled with interesting fall objects.
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Dec 2012, taught by Maripat Hyatt
Students were introduced to the artist Henri Matisse. This artist created art with colored paper and a pair of scissors ...
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Nov 2012, taught by Maripat Hyatt
Students learned that an artist who works with clay is called a Potter. Potters make all sorts of useful objects like bo ...
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Nov 2012, taught by Maripat Hyatt
Student selected an animal and then chose one element from that animals environment. They used that one element to creat ...
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Oct 2012, taught by Maripat Hyatt
Students were introduced to the idea that thickening one edge of a shape can make that shape appear to be 3-D. Students ...
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Oct 2012, taught by Maripat Hyatt
Students reviewed warm and cool colors and were introduced to Zentangles. This is a method of creating pattern using si ...
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Oct 2012, taught by Miri Yim, VCU Student Teacher
Students used tissue and glue to lay down an initial layer and then used natural materials on top to create these nature ...
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Oct 2012, taught by Miri Yim, VCU Student Teacher
Students were waiting for their clay ice cream pieces to be fired. They used paint to play what colors they would use to ...
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Oct 2012, taught by Miri Yim, VCU Student Teacher
Students used a variety of clay construction methods to create these clay ice cream pieces.
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Oct 2012, taught by Miri Yim, VCU Student Teacher
Students studied three color words: hue, shade and tint. A hue is any color in the rainbow, a shade is a color mixed wit ...
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Oct 2012, taught by Miri Yim, VCU Student Teacher
Students used the score and slip method to attach the various parts of their yummy ice cream sundaes.
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Oct 2012, taught by Miri Yim, VCU Student Teacher
Students used the new digital tablets that were purchased with a grant from Henrico Education Foundation. The students t ...
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Ready for Fall
(20 artworks)
Sep 2012, taught by Maripat Hyatt
Students created jack o'lanturns by either placing the features on the face or designing thier own faces.
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Sep 2012, taught by Maripat Hyatt
Students have been using paint in the last few lessons. During this lesson they were given only the primary colors and a ...
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Sep 2012, taught by Maripat Hyatt
First we must say a HUGE thanks to all PTA members. The PTA had the funds to purchase these sketchbooks for the school. ...
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Sep 2012, taught by Maripat Hyatt
These landscapes look like they come from undiscovered planets! Students created a landscape and then chose whether to u ...
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Sep 2012, taught by Maripat Hyatt
Students were intoduced to several artists who created self portraits: Vincent Van Gogh, Frida Kahlo, Horace Pippin, and ...
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Sep 2012, taught by Maripat Hyatt
Students in first grade learned about different types of lines. They used black paint and a brush to create a variety of ...
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Sep 2012, taught by Maripat Hyatt and Miri Yim (student teacher)
These are the pages for a book about art that the Kindergarten students are making. The first page is about LINE. Studen ...
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Self Portraits
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Sep 2012, taught by Maripat Hyatt
Students used a variety of lines and shapes to make a self portrait. They tried to show how they were feeling that day ...
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Artwork Exhibits - last school year (July 2011 - June 2012) Artwork Exhibits - 2 years ago (July 2010 - June 2011) Artwork Exhibits - 3 years ago (July 2009 - June 2010) Artwork Exhibits - 4 years ago (July 2008 - June 2009)
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4801 artworks |
#6 |
#103 |
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685 fanclub members |
#8 |
#200 |
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236 comments |
#9 |
#281 |
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286 artist statements |
#6 |
#168 |
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#9 |
#176 |
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4760 artworks |
#6 |
#88 |
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677 fanclub members |
#8 |
#184 |
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236 comments |
#9 |
#259 |
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285 artist statements |
#5 |
#126 |
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#11 |
#174 |
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School Awards & Honors
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2011-2012 Leadership Award
Ranked #9 in Virginia (#127 in the nation) for overall participation among all schools
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2011-2012 Art Publishing Award
Ranked #8 in Virginia (#137 in the nation) for art published among all schools
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2011-2012 Fan Clubs Award
Ranked #7 in Virginia (#210 in the nation) for fan club signups among all schools
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2011-2012 Statements Award
Ranked #6 in Virginia (#239 in the nation) for artist statements collected among all schools
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2011-2012 Leadership Award
Ranked #8 in Virginia (#133 in the nation) for overall participation among elementary schools
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Student Hall of Fame
Shown are five randomly-selected students who have entered the Hall of Fame this year.
Recent visitor comments ...
| Logan, What a cool Sun! Love the detail in your design. It's very colorful. Great Job!
-- Kathyleft for Logan5585 | | Beautiful job, Emily!
-- Momleft for Emily12614 | | Very neat Zoie! I like the cave art alot!! Great work!
We love you! Mammy & Pappy
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Recent artist statements ...
| My superhero's name is Miss Risierl.written by Christian5386 | | My superhero's name is Green Eye.written by Jathan10 | | My superhero's name is E-man. My superhero helps the earth by planting trees. Helping the earth is very good.written by Demarion18 |
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