Construction Begins

Our 4th grade class has started construction on their Pop Art paper mache sculptures. We studied the work of Claus Oldenburg and then sketched out our ideas for taking an everyday object and enlarging it. Now we are bringing our ideas to life. It is an exciting time inside the art room!

Let It Snow!

Have a Merry Christmas and a 
Happy New Year!

Mirror, Mirror

Our junior high students have been working really hard on their self-portraits. I am so proud of them.

Autumn Glory

Here is an example of your beautiful leaf prints. 

They sure turned out beautiful.

Having Fun With the 5th Grade

It's that time of year again. The leaves start changing. The weather starts to cool down and the art room is filled with projects for the Fall Extravaganza. Our 5th graders are working hard on their class project. Students started transferring their designs onto copper. Next week we will patina the copper sheets and then they will be ready to transform a simple mirror, into a magnificent work of art. I will post pictures when it is finished. I am sure that it will be spectacular.

Leaf Prints

Our 1st and 2nd graders had the opportunity to connect with nature by using leaves to create their art. We rolled white ink on the back side of the leaves and then printed the leaves on black/brown paper. Next week we will add color. I can't wait to see how they turn out.

Miro Madness

Students in the fifth thru eighth grades have learned about the Spanish surrealist Joan Miro.

Each student then abstracted images from their day and added dream imagery to create some wonderfully surreal masterpieces.

Welcome Back!!

Welcome back to the art room. It's going to be a great year!!

The 8th graders finished casting their hands in plaster and are now adding color and designs. They are turning out great. What a talented class. They will be displayed this spring at the annual Art and Enrichment Exhibit.

Happy Valentines Day!!

Happy Valentines day from our wonderful preschool class.

Knights in Shining Armor

Our third grade class has finished their armor helmets and now they are ready to be "Knights for Christ". We had fun placing symbols of our faith onto the helmets using liquid glue. After the glue dried we painted with silver, metallic paint and it really looks like armor!

Happy Thanksgiving!!

Fun with Paint

Our second and third graders are having fun creating fall tree paintings without any paint brushes. It was a challenge, but the results were beautiful and a great time was had by all.

Back Into The Swing of Things

Everyone at St. Helen School is back in the swing of things. In the art room we  are all working on projects using "Nature" as our theme. Our wonderful 4th graders have been creating silhouettes our of leaves and plants. They are turning out beautifully. We sure do have some talented kids here!!

Summer Is Here!!

I hope everyone has a wonderful summer.

Don't forget about art camp:
Grades 5-8 runs from June 25-29 from 9am - 12pm
Grades 1-4 runs from July 2-6 (we don't have camp on the 4th) from 9am - 12pm

Be Safe and don't forget to take some time to CREATE SOMETHING!
God Bless You All!
                 

Andy Warhol Self-Portraits

Our wonderful eighth grade class is getting ready to graduate and move on to high school. We will miss them!!! But.......there is ONE more project we have to do, self-portraits!! Each student took a picture of some one in the class. The pictures were then downloaded onto a computer and edited in Photoshop. The pictures were then printed out onto white paper. The picture was then put on to a copy machine and the image was copied onto a transparency. Each student painted the back of the transparency using different colors for the hair, face and background. The end product looks like an Andy Warhol portrait. We will have these portraits hanging up in the hall. Congratulations class of 2012!

Knights of St. Helen School

The third grade class has been learning all about Medieval knights and their beautifully decorated armor. We watched a wonderful movie titled, Francis, Knight of Assisi. We learned how Francis wanted to be a knight for Christ.

Students then created a design that represented their faith and put that design on their helmet with glue. After the glue dried, we painted the helmets and masks silver to look like shining armor. Our third graders are now Knights for Christ....protectors of St. Helen school

Springtime at St. Helen School

The sun is out and the flowers are starting to bloom in the art room. The first grade class created these vibrant paintings using oil pastels and liquid watercolor paint. Looking at these works of art just brings a smile to my face!! Happy Easter to all and enjoy your spring break.

We are having so much fun. Eighth graders have created their plaster hand sculptures. These pieces of art are based on the work of artist George Segal. We looked at many images of his art and then got to work creating our own pieces. After the plaster dried and the students got their hands free, they painted them. Stop by the art room to check them out.

Second grade is a big year at St. Helen school. Students receive their sacraments of reconciliation and communion. I am so excited for them and proud of all the work that they are doing to prepare.

In the art room, we made a devotional for home. Using metal tooling and ink, we created a lovely repousse piece that each student can take home to remind them of this very special time in their lives.