BFMS Newsletter February | Page 5

Page 5 Volume 4, Issue 1 Art News With Ms. Massucco Grade 5 and 6 students will be finishing up a fantasy landscape painting. Students were introduced to paintings by an abstract painter named Friedensreich Hundertwasser to analyze his colorful and decorative style. Students used photos of local architecture to create their own abstract landscape. Attention to detail, patterns, use of space & color are all coming together for students as they work to complete their paintings. Grade 7 students are also working on abstract painting with a personal theme. Students are learning safety with x-acto knives as they cut out some shapes to create a bas relief effect in their painting. Students will be using various paints and techniques to finalize their project. Grade 8 students will be taking all the forms they made out of papier maché and will be making a sculpture. Students looked at glass work by Dale Chihuly for inspiration for their sculpture. Students experimented with ways to use color in an abstract way with eye droppers and liquid watercolors on a balloon paper form. For completion, students may work independently to compete work or they may combine their colorful shapes into a larger abstract sculpture. Art Plus Drink it. Think it. Make it. Win it. Art Plus is a 4th period elective class. Students sign up to do art for the whole year. Kids from all grades work on independent projects, class assignments, and community projects. Several students have taken on a recycling challenge and will be building the bucket loader, Scoop, from Bob the Builder. The rules state that the project needs to be made out of milk cartons from the cafeteria. At least 100 cartons will be washed and dried and used for the construction of this project. Only 20% of the construction will be made of materials that are not milk cartons and those materials need to be renewable. Additionally, students need to write a 200 word essay explaining how your school would use the $5000.00 prize money for a green project. We will let you know when we win!!! Clockwise: Kylie Comstock is perfecting her techniques with the color Wheel Brendan Buehler is contemplating all the details in his colorful and decorative landscape. Molly Hodsden paints her sneakers during an afternoon in the art room for the AIM Afterschool program. Her pink sneakers will soon be plaid! Olive Pinette is thoughtful with her color mixing as she paints in her design for her landscape.