2nd Grade Owls

2nd graders spent the first class learning about owls and looking at pictures of them.  They drew owls on tagboard with pencil and outlined them with permanent markers.

In our second class students used paint, yarn and feathers to add color and texture to their owls.  They created a background on black construction paper using oil pastels and glued their owls down. I love how each one is different and reflects a bit of the child!

Word Art, 8th Grade

This artwork was inspired by Austin Kleon.  Check out his website:  http://www.austinkleon.com/newspaperblackout/

I loved his concept.  My students were quite inspired after viewing his blog and trying their hand at creating poetry with the horoscopes from the newspaper.   For their project they were given a few perimeters to follow:  create layers to the project, include words, and have a message.  These are from the end of last year but I still wanted to share them.