Week 5

One of the first aspects of art in Early Childhood is understanding and exploring color.  Below is a student learning the primary colors by painting them on a color wheel. Beginning skills used in creating art include cutting, painting with a brush, and gluing. Practicing these skills also strengthens the hand for writing.

The students of EC took advantage of this beautiful fall weather by creating art outside with nature.

LE continued their study of the elements of design. This week they focused on lines.

Line art by Ruthie

Upper school finished their recycled fish project for the Harpeth River Watershed fundraiser.  Below is a collaborative origami fish by UE made out of over 800 pieces of recycled National Geographic paper.

Origami fish by UE

  

UE kicks off their study of Mayan Civilization by learning about their art and culture.  To create Mayan glyphs, they carved clay slabs and then finished them with a stone textured paint.

Mayan glyph by UE student

Week 4

Art is integrated in many works EC practice daily.  For example, below  a student is working with the Light Box.  The Light Box helps friends work on tracing a picture, name, or shape.  The three finger grip is strengthened as well as the hand eye coordination while following the line with a pencil.

 

In LE, we are studying the elements of design: color, line, texture, shape, space, and form.   We focused on color and collage this week. The students created collages of primary colors and secondary colors they found in recycled magazines into a color wheel. 

Color Wheel Collage by Arthur

 
Upper School continue their recycled fish project for the Harpeth River Watershed fundraiser.  Be sure to stop by Friday night for the wine and cheese to see their creations!

Recycle fish by Jonas

Week 3

Upper School has been working on a recycled art project for the Harpeth River Watershed Association’s annual fund raiser on Oct. 27th.    Proceeds will go to supporting their mission: The Harpeth River Watershed Association in middle Tennessee is dedicated to preserving and restoring the ecological health of the Harpeth River and its Watershed. 

Join us for wine and cheese next Friday to see all the beautiful fish the students have made out of recycled products!

Photo by Oriana

Week 2

Last week ME, UE, & MS had a docent guided tour of the Frist exhibition Creation Story: Gee’s Bend Quilts and the Art of Thornton Dial.  For information about this exhibit visit http://fristcenter.org/calendar-exhibitions/detail/creation-story-gees-bend-quilts-and-the-art-of-thornton-dial.