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Bauer Elementary: Very Hungry Kindergarteners...I mean Caterpillars!
Kindergarten artists at Bauer Elementary had a blast with this lesson! This project concluded our Eric Carle artist study and was a big hit, especially because clay was involved! First, we read the...
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Georgetown Elementary 1st grade Chickens
Kindergarten artists at Georgetown Elementary had fun drawing and coloring these bright chickens. The artists learned they could use simple shapes to create their chickens. They started by tracing a...
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High School Art 1- 1pt Mixed Media Collage
Objectives: Students will create a work using 1pt perspective Students will create a interesting composition Students will work with collage Students will focus on emphasis in their art piece. Students...
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Hudsonville Art Program Kick off!
We are so excited to kick off another great year of art and creativity here in Hudsonville and have been having a blast welcoming back all of our great little artists! We have so many exciting projects...
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Middle School Clay Relief Landscapes
Middle School students have been busy exploring what they can do with clay as a 3D medium to express their ideas. 7th graders have been using lines in the form of clay coils to create a relief...
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High School Digital Photography
One of the most important parts of creating an interesting piece of artwork is the composition that is used. Digital Photography students have been learning about many different types of compositions....
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Kindergarten Line Monsters
Kindergarteners at Georgetown and Bauer have been busy learning about lines in the art room. After reading the book, Lines that Wiggle, by Candace Whitman, they explored all different kinds of lines....
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Michigan Art Education Association Conference
This year the Hudsonville elementary art teachers are presenting at the Michigan Art Education Association Conference! Here are some resources from the presentation!Follow this linkto learn more...
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Art II Painting Tempera Paint
Our Art II painting students got their feet wet by learning how to transition and create different values using tempera paint. We created an abstract composition with a non-objective like background...
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Kindergarten Paul Klee Paintings
Kindergarten artists at Georgetown Elementary learned about the Swiss painter Paul Klee. They viewed his painting entitled “Castle and Sun” and discovered that he liked to use many shapes in his...
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Here is a 3 minute clip with some suggestions for supporting art at home! Enjoy! - Mrs. Seitz
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Jamestown First Graders create Monet's Garden with Clay Frogs!
First grade artists have been studying the art and life of Claude Monet! They learned about how he was an impressionist and so his artwork was not clear like a photograph but instead is full of blobs,...
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Zentangle Non-Objective Project- High School Art 1
To introduce Art 1 students to the art elements of line and shape, along with the terms of geometric and organic, they create their first major project by drawing a non-objective zentangle piece. This...
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Middle School Photorealism
The last project of Trimester 2 for 6th grade classes was to use the art skills learned up to this point to draw a self-portrait. Using a photograph, students worked hard to get their lines and forms...
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Festival of the Arts: Festival Youth Art Show
Grand Rapids Festival of the ArtsJune 3-5, 2016If you are looking for some family fun, check out the Grand Rapids Festival of the arts! While you are enjoying the festivities, be sure to explore the...
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Third Grade Folk Art Trees
Third Grade artists at Park elementary have been really getting into their paintings this fall. They learned about the Artist Heather Galler and are in the process of painting their own folk art style...
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Park Elementary: 4th and 5th Grade Op Art
It's great to be back. The day really flies by when working with the kids in art. The first and last project of the day has been a fun one with 4th and 5th grade learning about optical illusions and...
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Forest Grove and Bauer Elementary: The Scream
The ScreamFourth grade used the program "Acorn" to create their own versions of "The Scream," by Edvard Munch!Acorn is a simplified (and somewhat glitchy) version of Photoshop. It is great to use with...
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Middle School: Monster Pots
6th Grade Students have been hard at work creating Monster Pots. Each student explored, planned and is building a different monster... Here are some shots of some in progress and some nearly finished....
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Forest Grove and Bauer Elementary: Rotational Symmetry Weaving
Third graders love this project! This is one that I will certainly do for a number of years! This idea has been floating around the internet for years and I finally tried it last year! We talk about...
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