Morning Meditation in Art Class

Exciting news: Miss Farrow's 7th and 8th graders found their Zen last week. Students were led through a meditation where they focused on their breath and explored clay, ultimately creating pinch pots. When they finished, students got to reflect back on the process. You'll notice that each student is sitting quietly, focusing on their breath and the clay in their hands. That's right folks, 7th  and 8th graders SAT IN SILENCE for an entire class period. As you can see below, students really got into it. It was magical!

5th and 6th graders do the snow dance!

And by snow dance, I mean painting winter! The high country needed some snow, so what better what to call to the snow Gods than paint some winter trees? Bonus: Miss Good's class learned about foreground, midground and background.

                                                                                                                               
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The Big Push!...and some smiles.

Ceramic students are putting it into high gear! These busy bees are trying to finish all wet work on their vessels before we leave for our week long thanksgiving break. If you look carefully, you will see the elusive, rarely seen 'early morning high schooler smile'! It's an amazing sight.

Art makes people happy. Even teenagers at 8am!

Tribal Self Portraits

We do more than just clay in our fantastic new HS art room! Students in Intro to Art created self-portraits in which they depicted themselves as a member of a specific tribe. Graphite pencil can be tough, but you'd never know it!  

Beth Camp

Ruben Aguilera

Aryha McNamee

Devin Medina

Travis Pennington

A spooky surprise for Miss Farrow...

Was it a coincidence that I came upon THIS creature on Halloween morning in my classroom? This is no prop, but a 100% real 8 legged bundle of scary-ness. I had to call for back up...Miss Cremin to the rescue!

In other news, our ceramics class's African inspired vessels are really starting to "come alive"! Happy Halloween!

Miss Good is actually...GREAT!

Did you know our elementary art teacher’s name is Miss Good? Don't worry, she is WAY more than just "good", as you can see below.  Her  3^rd – 6^th graders are drawing (haha) inspiration from Leadville’s amazing views to create some seriously awesome landscape paintings.

3rd graders are inspired by Vincent Van Gogh

5th graders learned to create the illusion of space by including a foreground, midground and background.

6th graders make Expressionistic landscapes using warm and cool colors. 

A Healthy Dose of Vitamin D

It may have been snowing this weekend, but it's a mighty fine day to take some clay outside. These smiles are real, folks.

African Symbols...and runny noses.

In preparation for creating some super awesome African inspired vessels, students in the HS ceramics class are learning how to carve clay and add relief. Ceramics class is 1st period this year, and these HS students get pretty crazy at 8 in the morning.

Molly and Caitlyn are in the zone.

 

 

Our awesome, amazing,beautiful brand new art room doesn't have heat just yet....so our slip was frozen this morning. Have no fear! We are hardy Leadville folk...and will work hard, with runny noses.

Aarika loves clay so much, she eats it for breakfast! No better way to start the day.

A Growth Mindset in Wheel Class!

It definitely hasn't been easy...but after countless hours of complaining, the HS wheel class has found their Zen! They have spent the last 4 weeks learning how to center, throw cylinders and get really, really messy.

Welcome!

Welcome to the Lake County Art Department Art Gallery!