Georgia O'Keeffe Flowers with iPads

4th grade students experimented with an app on our iPads in art class to create these abstract versions of their Georgia O'Keeffe flowers they originally drew using oil pastels. Students photographed their original art, then use the iPads to manipulate their photos into these beautiful works of art.

2-Point Perspective Castles

5th grade students learned about 2-point perspective in art class and then used many creative details as they created their own castle life scenes.

       

 

 

 

 

 

Wild Things Sculptures

Kindergarten students read Where the Wild Things Are by author and illustrator Maurice Sendack and created drawings to plan for their sculptures that were inspired from his illustrations. Students demonstrated their knowledge of the difference in 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional art as they created their creative creatures!

 

       

Gyotaku Fish Prints

Second graders are learning about the art of Gyotaku fish printing during their unit on printmaking. They are painting a background to create an environment for their fish and then cutting and pasting their Gyotaku prints onto their paintings to create a finished work of art.

 

Magritte One-Point Perspective Rooms

Fourth grade students are currently studying the work of surrealist artist Rene Magritte, and his use of scale to create surrealist images of room interiors. They students are applying their knowledge of one-point perspective as they create their room drawings and then using their own creative ideas to complete the details in their rooms including one large scale ordinary object.

 

 

 

Winter Landscapes

During this lesson, third grade students learned about space and perspective techniques used by landscape painters. Students also learned about folk artist, Grandma Moses, and her winter landscape paintings. Next, they created their own winter landscape paintings including a 3-dimensional barn.

Artist Day 2014

Our third annual Artist Day event was held at Barnwell on Friday, March 7th. Thank you to our wonderful PTA for organizing this great event for our students. Our students were able to rotate through a variety of presentations and workshops involving artists from many different genres and artistic backgrounds. What a wonderful way for students to learn first hand about the many options of art as a career! Below are just a few photos of some of the visual artists that visited Barnwell for artist day. Thanks again artists and our Barnwell PTA!

 

 

 

Cityscape Prints

First grade students studied about artist Georgia O'Keeffe's paintings of cityscapes as well as the architect John Portman and his famous hotels that he has designed in Atlanta, Georgia. Next, students created their own cityscape drawings in their art journals and used recycled objects and black paint to stamp lines and shapes to make their cityscape prints. Color was then added with chalk pastels to finish their beautiful works of art!

Youth Art Month

Congratulations to three of our Barnwell students who have artwork that is being displayed during the month of March in the Fulton County Schools Youth Art Month Exhibit at our county administrative office. Our school, and especially their art teacher, Mrs. Nail, are very proud of these talented students! This is a huge honor for these students so way to go artists!!!

Isabella

 

Sireen (left) and Evan (right)

Evan's Cubist Style Reductive Print

 

Sireen's Modigliani Style Portrait

Isabella's Chihuly Style Bowl

 

 

 

Chihuly Bowls

Second Grade students have been learning about glass sculptor Dale Chihuly in art class as well as radial symmetry. Students first drew their own radial designs and then transferred the drawings onto clear shrink film. The film was then cut out and placed into a toaster oven to create our one of a kind faux glass bowls! The students are amazed by the technique and love seeing how each piece is so unique! Such a great lesson in creativity!

Radial design before heating in toaster oven

Finished "bowl" sculpture

Radial design before heating in toaster oven

Finished "bowl" sculpture