Last Week = GLOW IN THE DARK!!!

So this is it....our last week!

We were super lucky enough to have a very talented maintenance staff member install some awesome black lights into our classroom so the BMS Art students can practice some GLOW IN THE DARK painting over the last few days and they love it!!!!

Here are some pics below to see what the classroom looks like this week...as always follow me on instagram @donovansartroom to see more up to date photos and also check out the hashtag #bmsglows

5th and 6th Graders are learning about the world of Lisa Frank and if anyone is as old as me then you guys will fondly remember her colorful stickers, posters, and trapper keepers :) If you were a kid in the 80's it was all the rage!

7th Graders are working with a drawing technique called blind contour drawing to boost their skills and then turning their sketches into a composition of abstract portraits showing line and movement. We looked at the work by contemporary artist Salventius. Check out his super cool drawings and light paintings at Salventius.com

Starting to wrap things up....

Art Update
I apologize for the long span of time between art posts but with the holidays this quarter time flies and we are so busy in the art room. I am working on getting all grades up to date which should be good to go by the end of the day. Please check Power School this evening if you haven't done so lately so you can see how your BMS art student is doing this quarter.

Late/Incomplete Work
I do have a few students that owe projects and with the quarter ending on January 26th, I ask that all late work be passed in for full credit by Monday 1/22. I will touch base will all students who are missing something so that they can make plans to stay after school with me once or twice over the next few weeks.

Student Work
Like I said we have been so busy! We started working with observation drawing and Betta Fish. Congrats to the winning families that brought home a new pet :) We moved on to Clay and hopefully everyone has seen them as the students were so excited to bring them home before break. We then worked in colored pencil and pastels (6th grade) and moving on to painting! One 7th grade class was also lucky enough to get a lesson in Chinese decorative paper cutting when our visiting students came so I have included though pictures as well....Principal Ryan can be seen being creative in a few pics too!

I have posted lots of pics below so please check them out if you have a second and as always you can follow me on instagram @donovansartroom. (I add images here all of the time).

5th Grade

6th Grade

7th Grade