It's Snowing in the Art Room

Our third through fifth graders had some fun with symmetry and snowflakes on the
last day before winter break! Check out some of their beautiful designs!

Reductive Printmaking

Our fifth-graders have been creating beautiful observational drawings of birds and now these fun and exciting prints through the medium of reductive printmaking.

Our students had an awesome day visiting the Atlanta Botanical Gardens while connecting art, language arts and science! While viewing the sculptures of glass artist, Dale Chihuly, students created alliterations, wrote Haikus, used persuasive writing and more while writing about the art they viewed. Students also took time to sketch and create drawings while viewing these amazing works of art! Of course we also connected science to our trip with all of the plants and even the poison dart frogs that students enjoyed seeing in the Fuqua Conservatory and Orchid Center.

Frida Kahlo Inspired Self-Portraits

Third grade students were inspired by Mexican artist Frida Kahlo and her self-portraits as they created their own self-portraits while learning about the rules of correct proportion. Students also used their knowledge of space to create a background with animals and plants from the rainforest.

2016 Art Show

 

Another successful art show featuring our talented Barnwell students' art! Thank you to everyone who came out to support the arts and to view our student gallgery on this exciting evening!

4th Grade High Museum Fieldtrip 2016

Our 4th graders enjoyed connecting art and literacy today! We are so happy to give our students the opportunity to view art in real life each school year with a visit to the High Museum of Art!

 

Chihuly Sculptures

 

Our second graders are having so much fun finishing up their faux glass sculptures in art class this week! Check out some of their gorgeous radial designs!

Radial Symmetry Drawings

Our second grade students are preparing their radial designs for their Chihuly sculptures! We are very excited about our fieldtrip to see Chihuly's sculptures in real life at the Atlanta Botanical gardens this May! Click here for more information about this exciting opportunity to view Chihuly's glass sculptures.

Clay Coil Pots

Third graders created these lovely coil pots from clay during art class. They learned about Mexican artist, Juan Quezada, and his clay pots made from natural resources. They also learned about pinch pots, coils, and properly attaching pieces of clay and glazing during this lesson.

Reductive Printmaking with Audubon

After learning about the art of John James Audubon, our fifth grade students drew birds from photos they observed in art class and then used their drawings to create these beautiful reductive prints.