Artists by Jack M.

This month during Art, we are learning about Van Gogh. Van Gogh sold a few paintings, but after he died, some of his paintings became priceless! Van Gogh lived 37 years and started painting when he was 27 that means he only painted for 10 years. In 1888, Vincent left Paris and went to a French town called Arles. The reason we are learning about Van Gogh is because every month we learn about a new artist so we can learn about different styles of art.

The Flying Bird by William

"Clunk" the window goes as everyone sees a bird fall to the ground. Our teacher goes out, grabs the bird, and puts it in a tissue box on our window sill.

Beating fast, the bird's heart beats. The bird stands up and flies away. Everyone is happy for the bird that visited Room 101 that day.

artwork by Aloka, showing the bird in the tissue box on our window sill

Fun Art by Michael

When Mr. Z showed us the Jackson Pollock project, we all got excited. We thought it was splatter paint, but we would put the paint down and blow it with a straw. And at the end of the day, Mr. Z showed us jacksonpollock.org. It was really cool. I even go to it when I get bored. You can visit it at: jacksonpollock.org.

What We Do at Art! by Aloka

At Art, we do so many fun and interesting things. We learn about 3D drawings, overlapping, cubism, and so much more interesting things. We also make skeletons out of paper, straw, and glue, we sketch whatever we want, we paint, color, trace people and SO MUCH MORE.

Art is great for expressing your imagination. What else would have made video games video games? Without art, there would be no video games! And I know a lot of people like video games very much.

(Note from the teachers: the video above contains photos that were taken or drawn and edited into a movie by Aloka. Caroline assisted with some of the sound effects and narration.)