March Art News

What’s happening at the Mountain View Art Studio?

Kindergarten students are continuing their work in texture by working in clay.  We are experimenting with the clay while experiencing all of its properties.  Clay pottery as well as paper and found objects will be introduced as a way to understand form and 3-dimensional sculpture.

Students in grades 1-5 have been working hard in the studio.  The students are being asked to push themselves as artists and to move beyond what they know they are capable of (stretch and explore).  New techniques are being demonstrated as well as new materials being added to each center.  Students are discovering that pattern can add visual interest to their paintings and drawings.  We are adding liquid watercolors to the painting station and trying to get new affects with resist techniques, adding salt, and masking parts of the painting.  We are will be opening copper tooling or metal embossing as another way to experience relief in the printmaking center.  Students will be very pleased when they see that making Daily Monsters will be available in the art studio again.

Coming Soon...Specials Night!

February 29, 2012 6:00pm - 8:00pm

The Cherry Creek Art's Festival Mobile Art Gallery will be here that night as part of our SCFD Alliance Grant. There will large and small sculptures, drawings, and paintings on display in the kiva from February 21-March 20.

Cherry Creek Art Festival's Mobile Art Gallery is Coming!

Coming Soon…Specials Night!

February 29, 2012 6:00pm – 8:00pm

The Cherry Creek Art Festival's Mobile Art Gallery will be here that night as part of our SCFD Alliance Grant. There will large and small sculptures, drawings, and paintings on display in the kiva from February 21-March 20.  I will be recruiting students to set up and strike the show and other students to be docents for the gallery. 

February Art News

What’s happening at the Mountain View Art Studio?

It’s an exciting time for students in grades 1-5. We are opening the sculpture center and students are eager to get their hands on the materials.  I am stressing the idea of transformation with their sculptural work.  Viewers of the work should have a hard time guessing the materials that were used to make it (a lotion bottle shouldn’t still look like a lotion bottle!).  And the form should speak for itself.  There is a lot of active problem solving happening as students have to figure out how to make things stick, balance, and look transformed.  As you see these wonderful creations come home, remember that is this student-centered work.  Ask your students questions about their process, about their intention, and what their next steps might be.

Kindergarten students are continuing the learning of the elements of art.  We are exploring texture by pressing common objects into the clay.  We are learning that textures are all around our world and that artists use textures to give pattern and interest to their work.  Our texture study will extend to collage and printmaking in the spring.

Look for more 3-dimensional work coming home and on display as we start focusing on more types of sculpture.  Mask making, paper-maché and 3-D architecture will also be available.

January Art News

Art News

What’s happening at the Mountain View Art Studio?

Students in grades 2-5 have been working hard in the studio.  The students are very interested in photography right now.  The art room has 3 digital cameras and students are taking photographs within the school. They are focusing on lines, shapes, textures, and shadows and learning that Point of View can change an ordinary picture into a work of art.  

More and more student work is now up in the kiva and the new wing hallway.  Students make their own decisions about which artworks get displayed and what they want us to know about the artwork through their artist statement. We will be examining the artistic process further this winter.  Determining when an art work is finished, self-evaluation/reflection and creating pre-plan can all help to push and stretch our abilities and our thinking further.

1^st grade and Kindergarten students have had a modified studio experience.  We’ve done some drawing, painting, collage, and clay sculpture as a whole class.  Students are transitioning to make their own choices during class while still learning the basic elements of art; line, color, shape, texture, form, space, and value. 

Coming Soon…Specials Night!

February 29, 2012 6:00pm – 8:00pm

The Cherry Creek Art’s Festival Mobile Art Gallery will be here that night as part of our SCFD Alliance Grant. There will large and small sculptures, drawings, and paintings on display in the kiva from February 21-March 20.  I will be recruiting students to set up and strike the show and other students to be docents for the gallery.

Below are some photographs taken by 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students.

December Art News

The Mountain View C.H.O.I.C.E Art Studio

Students are enjoying the variety of art-making activities available to them.  We are working in drawing, painting, collage, printmaking, and now fibers.  Students in grades 2-3 can do a stitching in burlap and yarn. 4^th and 5^th graders can try stitching or making coil baskets. They are experimenting with many different stitches including a running stitch, couching, backstitch, and satin stitch.  Weaving is also still a very popular activity in the fibers center. 

The art program has purchased 3 digital cameras to be used in the newly opened photography center.  Students are taking photos of the inside of the school with an emphasis on the lines, patterns, textures, and lights and shadows.  Students are beginning to learn what makes a good photograph including varieties in their ‘point of view’.

First grade is slowly learning how to use the art room as an art studio.  They have the opportunity to make drawings, paintings, and collages. We will soon begin a collage project with torn paper and printed gadgets.

Kindergarten is learning about and experimenting with color.  We explore paints as way to mix color and invent new colors.  We study how other artists like Henri Matisse, Alma Thomas, and Sonia Delaunay use color in their work.

October Art News

The Mountain View C.H.O.I.C.E Art Studio Opens

Students are getting their art studio back again this year.  We are beginning to open art centers slowly as we re-learn how to work in our studio space.  Drawing and painting are open and we are adding collage, clay, and finishing center.  Soon after that we will open fibers, printmaking, and scuplture. 
There is some great exploration taking place and some beautiful artworks being created. Most importantly, students are practicing 21_st Century Skills like collaboration, critical thinking, reflection, flexibility, adaptability, leadership and responsibility, and so much more.  You can also see that students are taking pride in and responsibility for their studio centers and materials.  

Kindergarten are expert line makers.  We have explored many different lines that artists use through many different  media; drawing tools, paint, clay, and cut paper. We've studied artists who highlight lines in their paintings and drawings.  We will now explore shapes and color.  Working through collage techniques and color mixing, we will study artists like Frank Stella, Henri Matisse, Joan miro and quiltmakers that work with geometric shapes.

Welcome Back to Art Class

Welcome back to the 2011-2012 school year. I am glad to be working with all my new and returning art students. Already students are creating great works of art!  We are beginning the year by unveiling of this year's theme...What do artists do?  We are discussing that artists do more than just make things.  They think, and look, and connect to others as they work.

Students in grades 1-5 are starting the year by contributing to a school mural in the Kiva.  They are able to explore a variety of centers and move at their own pace with their own ideas.  They can choose to express these ideas through drawing, painting, collage, printmaking, fibers, and sculpture.  This first project is called the ABCs of ART.  Each student is making a 5"x5" square with a letter of the alphabet. Since many of these students were familiar with our studio setting (TAB-Teaching for Artistic Behavior) last year, I am encouraging them to really 'Stretch and Explore' many ideas while doing this project.  We are reflecting on our progress and making connections to each other, just as artists connect to other artists’ work in the art world.

Kindergarten students are beginning the year by doing some observation drawing.  We are also exploring a variety of media in the art room while studying lines.  Looking at artists’ work that show line and finding them in our world helps to make our work more meaningful.

If at any time you need to contact me the number is

School—720-972-8429

Email— Jennifer.schmuldt@adams12.org