Climax Springs Salutes our Veterans

As Veterans Day approaches, (Nov. 11th), Climax Springs salutes those who are currently serving and those who have served our country.  On Veterans Day, Climax Springs will host a lunch for any serviceperson who wishes to join us.
For the last three weeks, the elementary art students have been hard at work designing and creating art to honor our brave men and women.  Some of the students are working on paper lanterns that will be hung overhead in the lunchroom, placemats for the lunch tables, and other artwork to be displayed around the lunchroom.  We have even collaborated together with other core subjects (cross curricular) to design a large artwork to be unveiled at the Veterans lunch.

Kindergarten students working on paper lanterns - utilizing stencils, coloring skills and cutting skills

 Second grade students working on paper lanterns

Other examples of student work. Patriot Placemats and Artwork

 

It's all Greek to the 3rd grade

This week 3rd grade students are learning about Greek culture, Greek pottery and symmetrical and asymmetrical balance .   Student studied different Greek forms, their purposes and designs and then created their own Greek form.  After students cut out their forms, they utilized found objects and created stamped designs for decorations.

 

5th grade color temperature artworks

This week the 5th grade class is finishing one assignment and is strating another.  Both assignments revolve around identifying and using color temperatures and the second assignment involves the begining of color mixing.  Students will begin exploring color washes and wet on wet techniques.

 

 

1st grade painting

This week our first grade students continue to learn about the birds eye view using a bowl or plate of apples on a table top.  Students are also learning how to paint and begin to mix paint using a wet on wet technique.  Other techniques we are covering are how to apply the paint to the paper, pull vs. push, easy strokes vs. scrubbing like a mop, how to clean the brush etc.

 

 

6th grade Op Art - Fabric

This week the 6th grade is continuing their study of Op Art.  Students will create an artwork to resemble a sheet of colorful fabric that is being pulled up from it's center and thus is creating undulating folds.  Students selected colors and studied how light hitting the folds of the fabric created light and dark values.

 

 

8th grade Onomatopoeia continued

This week we wrap up our study of onomatopoeia.  Students created or selected a word that fit the onomatopoeia definition and designed a background that would go with their word.