This blog is for parents,teachers, and others who are interested in finding out what's happening in the Art Department at Central Riverside Elementary School, Duval County, Jacksonville, Florida.
Congratulations to the outstanding art students who tirelessly create beautiful masterpieces in art classes at CRES!
The images below are those of outstanding work selected for the local, district-wide Elementary Library Shows, The Best of Elementary Exhibits and Celebration of the Arts. They will also be featured in the state level exhibit held in October at the Florida Art Education Association Digital Exhibit in St. Petersburg, FL. We are so proud of our Central Riverside artists!
Students at Central Riverside learned painting techniques used by student artists on the other side of the world - China. After viewing "Bamboo for Beginners," they they steadied their hands and practiced simple, elongated strokes. Once they were happy with their brushstrokes they began to paint beautiful stalks of bamboo mush like the children in China must do in their art classes.
Students at
Central Riverside Elementary learned about the world-renowned glass artist,
Dale Chihuly.After seeing him in action
in a video clip, they were excited to create their own version of a sculpture
inspired by the artist.
Instead of using hot, melted glass, my students used transparencies painted with acrylic paint.
Using their knowledge of organic shapes, they cut random free form shapes in a elongated orientation.
Next, they punched a hole in each end and threaded them onto dowel rods previously inserted vertically into a block of wood which served as a base.
After each student
artist was satisfied with their sculpture, they topped off the dowel rod with a
wooden bead.
During the month of February, 3rd grade students at Central Riverside learned about accomplished leaders in black history by creating a collage on the topic of leaders and their accomplishments.
The inspiration for this project was African-American artist, Kehinde Wiley, who recently painted President Obama’s presidential portrait, unveiled in February 2018.
A common characteristic of his work is a floral background. His colorful style and the powerful statements made by his work were the starting points for their portrait collages.
My first goal was for my students to learn to show self-expression in their art by striking a pose for a photograph that is indicative of their emotions and shows a personal statement related to the message they were trying to express. These 3rd graders learned earlier in the year that portraits are created in a variety of mediums, including photography. I referenced that prior lesson when they were posing for their photograph.I told them to let their pose show expression and emotion.
I created a slideshow that features a variety of leaders from black history along with some of their accomplishments. I asked the students to choose the accomplishments of their favorite leaders from black history to write out statements on their collage.
