Grimm

Mrs. Grimm's Art Classes

"Home of the Wolves"

Three Oaks Elementary

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Pumpkins, Pumpkins Everywhere!

How Much Does Mrs. Grimm's Pumkin Weigh?

Contest

And the winner was:

Miss Emma Y. in Mrs. Howell's class. Congratulations!

Pumpkin wt. 85lbs. Guess 86lbs.

Second grade students explored the contour lines of a vaiety of leaves. They painted with warm and cool colors, then added whispy, delicate lines to follow the flow of the watercolor paint.

The Leaves Fall.....

First grade students created portraits of someone special.

With My Art I Will Honor.......

Third grade students created self-portraits that included visual images describing more thoroughly who they are. This was a mixed media project using crayon and watercolor paints.

Your photo will be in this year's yearbook!

After studying and painting the colorful leaves of fall, second grade students created these beautiful ceramic pumpkins glazed in bright orange and green.

El Dia de los Muertos (the Day of the Dead), a Mexican celebration, is a day to celebrate, remember and prepare special foods in honor of those who have departed. On this day in Mexico, the streets near the cemeteries are filled with decorations of papel picado, flowers, candy calaveras (skeletons and skulls), and parades.

It is believed that the spirit of the dead visit theri families on October 31 and leave on November 2.

In order to celebrate, the families make altars and place ofrendas (offerings) of food such as pan de muertos baked in shapes of skulls and figures, candles, incense, yellow marigolds kkown as cempazuchitl and most importantly a photo of the departed soul is placed on the altar.

It might sound somewhat morbid, but the Mexicans react to death with mourning along with happiness and joy. They look at death with the same fear as any other culture, but there is a difference. They reflect their fear by mocking and living alongside death.

Living alongside death means that Mexicans have learned to accept it within their lives. Death is apparent in everyday life. It is in art and even in children's toys. It is not respected as it is in other cultures. Children play "funeral" with toys that are made to represent coffins and undertakers.

Enjoy these 4th grade paintings that depict the souls of the living and the dead. This Mexican art is both fun and whimsical at the same time.

Mexican Student at College of Musiclk here to add text.

Elvis Presley and Justin Bieber.

Contemporary Art Center

ODC

Art Applications

After studying the landscapes from a variety of artitsts the first grade students created winter landscapes depicting trees in the state of change. After painting the background and creating the color for the weather, students collaged silhouettes of trees and other outdoors objects.

.Seasons

Art News

Applications were due on February 1, 2011

Results will be sent out in March or April.

4th Grade Still Life- This still life drawing was a study in creating the illusion of 3-d subjects within a 2-d plane.

First Grade students have studied the ideal facial proportions according to Leonardo da vinci. They drew realistic self-portraits and used unrealistic or abstractic colors to complete.

Kindergarten classes painted lucky snowmen. They used primary colors to dress up their snowmen.

After comparing snow cones to snow balls these kindergarteners painted snowcone snowmen using fruity colors.

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow...........

3rd Grade

Fun & Fantasy

After studying the art of Marc Chagall, Rene Magritte and Paul Klee, third grade students created a variety of projects involving the element of fantasy.