Typography Rhythm Project

Art 1 students have been studying rhythm, pattern, and movement. For their rhythm project, students made an actual stamp of their thumb print, studied it, and recreated a larger version out of implied lines. The implied lines consisted of lyrics, verses, life stories, and other things that told about the student who created it! I loved getting to learn about my students and see into their hearts!

"Our fingerprints don't fade from the lives we've touched."

Art 3: Plaster Sculptures

Art 3 students spent the past two weeks casting their plaster and then sculpting it! This was the first time for these students to use this medium! They did a great job and worked so hard to complete these on time!

Art 1: Tessellations

Tessellation- the process of creating a two-dimensional plane using the repetition of a geometric shape with no overlaps and no gaps.

Last semester, Art 1 students worked on tessellations for their independent study project. If students finished an assignment or project early, they would work on these. They turned out great! 

Westwood Mini-mester

Once again, OCS was blessed with the opportunity to work with the beautiful children and staff who make up Westwood Elementary School. For my mini-mester, Art for the Heart, a group of junior and senior girls prepared and taught art lessons to the whole second grade! The girls were broken into groups of 5-6. While one group taught, the other girls worked 1 on 1 with students, helping them complete their art projects. Our goal was to give and to love the kids at Westwood- but we all left feeling like they had given so much more to us. They are precious and we were blessed to have the opportunity to work with them again.

Stained Glass

Art 2 students researched the history of stained glass windows and then created their own rendition of the art form using only paper! Students used exacto knives to make each cut!