Monday, November 18, 2013

Reflections Art Show

On Friday, Boulevard hosted it's first Juried Art Show to go along with the PTA Reflections Art Program. We had three local artists come and judge all the hard and creative work from the students! It was a wonderful turnout and I'd like to thank April Meyer for all her hard work and support for this opportunity for the students.

Monday, November 4, 2013

5: Venetian Masks

The fifth graders are currently working on their first 3D project. They are making venetian-inspired masks. They looked at a number of Venetian masks and discussed the Celebration of Venice. Next, they used a face mold to cast their masks and will begin to decorate their festive masks next week!

4: Dream Houses

The students will look at different types of architecture and houses. We will discuss what an architect does, what types of shapes it takes to design a house, and how architecutre has evolved over the years. Students will then individually design their own dream house!

3: Why Was Picasso So Blue?

The third graders are starting to move into painting. They will begin by looking at Picasso's Blue Period and discuss why he worked with only the color blue at this point, what emotion and mood this evoked, and how to get different tints and shades out of a single color. The students will experiment with tints and shades using one color by creating a monochromatic painting of their very own.