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Art News

November 22nd, 2010  |  Posted in Mrs. Putnam's Art Room

Here is a sampling of some of the terrific art that was created this past week along with photos of grade 1 painting beautiful cardinals.

Please remember to visit Artsonia to see SBCA’s school gallery. 15% of all sales go …

Art News

November 11th, 2010  |  Posted in Mrs. Putnam's Art Room

Students in k2 looked at the paintings of Jasper Johns this week and created their own repeated letter creations using the initial of their first name. Beautiful paper woven mats were created and decorated in grade 1. Grade 2 completed …

November in the art room

November 3rd, 2010  |  Posted in Mrs. Putnam's Art Room

Students in grade 5 received their ATC (artist trading cards) from Portland, Oregon this week! Along with each card the Portland children sent a note about themselves which were fun to read.  Grade 5 has also been using water color …

This week in art:

October 22nd, 2010  |  Posted in Mrs. Putnam's Art Room

It has been another busy week in the art room. Grade three learned a new trick for making symmetrical images and created some scary Halloween pictures. In grade 5 we completed our Artist Trading Cards (ATC) and mailed them off …

This week in the artroom…

October 7th, 2010  |  Posted in Mrs. Putnam's Art Room

Congratulations to Carly Moran in K2C who is a finalist in Artsonia’s artist of the Week! You can vote for Carly once a day at http://www.artsonia.com/aotw/vote/0/10019928 through Saturday.
When you visit Artsonia  notice the new addition of Artist’s Statements.  Students …

September 26

September 26th, 2010  |  Posted in Mrs. Putnam's Art Room

The art classes are getting into the swing of things.  This week K2 listened to the book “The Dot” and was inspired to use paint and pencils to create negative space! Grade 8 is working on a narrative art project …

In the art room

September 19th, 2010  |  Posted in Mrs. Putnam's Art Room

This week in the art room we have been using lines in every class.  Grade 1 and grade 3 used wavy, zigzag and straight lines to create landscapes.  In k2 students used lines to discover the angry monsters that were …

Recyling for the art room

August 28th, 2010  |  Posted in Mrs. Putnam's Art Room

As you are getting ready to return to school please keep the art room in mind when you are recycling at home.

The following items are perfect for creating extraordinary art!

Recycle List

  • egg cartons
  • paper towel rolls
  • styrofoam trays

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