Art Institute Field Trip - 4th grade

After a five-year absence, the Art Institute welcomed the return
of Marc Chagall's American Windows

Ivy Hill students took a docent-led tour called Clues From the Past.

The 2011 Cultural Arts Fair "Together We Can..."

Celebrating the Arts!

Kindergartners making alligators!

Students traced, cut and glued geometric shapes to create alligators!

Inspired by Van Gogh!

4th graders painting sunflowers mixing analogous colors

Analogous colors are next to one another on the color wheel

Students using tempera paints

How Do I See Me?

Third graders creating self-portraits

Sketching portraits in pencil

Adding chalk pastels for color

Next week details and background will be added

Students are mixing tints in Mrs. Zingg's class.

Adding white to a color makes a tint. Pink is a tint of red!

    Mrs. Bedingfield's 1st graders enjoyed painting their snowmen!

clay snowmen