Art ShowIt was a pleasure to show off all the artistic talent here at OMS during the month of May for the 26th annual Arlington Heights Memorial Library art show. Congrats to our exhibited students! KindergartenKindergarten students closed the school year by making an elephant collage. They crumpled construction paper in order to give their art that classic elephant feel! Please note these images were taken on crazy hair day. Before that, they made Model Magic water lily flowers inspired by Claude Monet. 1st Grade First grade students made a self-portrait that showed them in their favorite place! It was fun seeing them visually represent the places and things that are special to them. 2nd GradeOlive's second grade students made clay penguins and 3D environments for their penguins to "live" in. After the penguins were fired in the kiln, students painted them with tempera paint. Students also made a self-portrait inspired by Mexican artist Frida Kahlo's lush, jungle backgrounds. We used crayon for the portrait and oil pastel for the background. 3rd GradeThird grade students created beautiful flower bowls out of clay, then glazed their creations. We discussed how our flowers have symmetry and learned how to work with glaze properly. We also worked on a self-portrait project inspired by Lego Minifigures! Did you know the minifigure is celebrating its 40th birthday this year? We tried to honor Lego's iconic design while giving our figures the characteristics the student artist has. 4th GradeIn April, fourth grade students had their annual field trip to the Art Institute of Chicago. I hope you get a chance to return with your child by using the free family pass that they brought home. While there, students completed a scavenger hunt and searched for eight works of art from different places and times. Students also finished their Sumi-e landscape paintings. Aren't they amazing? They ended the year by making a mirrored self-portrait. These were colored with colored pencil. 5th GradeOlive's fifth graders are about to take flight and leave the nest, but not before doing some fun projects in art! Students completed a two-point perspective project. Drawing in perspective helps artists create work that looks 3-dimensional. Students were instructed to create a museum wall. On the wall are two works of art, one showing happiness, joy, or peace. The other was supposed to show anger, sadness, or frustration. We discussed how an artist can express mood in their work and examined Edward Hopper's masterpiece Nighthawks. Students also created a clay dog are cat. Their sculptures were painted with glaze. Thanks for reading and have a great summer!
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