Art Room Fun and PSSA information

Advisory: 

This coming week we begin PSSA's. Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday are ELA testing. As Dr. Dissinger's message home said students will test in the morning and have an extended recess with lunches those days.  Your child should bring an independent reading book with them in case they finish earlier than the end of the testing window. They will not be able to have their electronics (phones, computers, smart watches) on them until after the testing window is over and they travel to their first class. My suggestion is that students store electronics in their lockers. 

This past Friday Patton students participated in earth day clubs. My room was the looms for making sleeping mats for the homeless from recycled plastic bags. Ask your child what activity they chose.

6th Grade: 

6th grade will finish up Heraldry this week and learn calligraphy. Here is a shot of their warmups out of the kiln and ready to become shiny.

8th Grade: 

Both Traditional and Sculpture classes had their clay projects fired over break and will glaze (color) them next week during PSSA days. Traditional started their drawing unit this week with Stravinsky. The point of the exercise was to learn to draw what they actually see and not what they know in their head. And we moved onto portraits. Ask them about the ins and outs of drawing the human head! Sculpture started their cardboard unit. The class is pretty split on technique. Half are building using cups and the other half are using the other building techniques such as stacking, slotting, piercing and scoring.

7th Grade: 

Students are finishing up their drawings and will learn how to build with clay their food/fashion idea this coming week. We are all excited to play with clay;)

Quarter 4 is Springing Ahead

Advisory

Here are some photos from this past week to celebrate Autism Acceptance Spirit Week. Your kids rocked it! I hope you all enjoy a wonderful break:)

Our Patton Planner Contest Entrees

Twenty 6th and 7th graders submitted their art over the past 2 weeks for the next year's planner. We won't know the winner of the planner contest for awhile. It is usually announced in early June. The school will also be choosing one for our postcard next year from among this lot. Exciting! Enjoy the fabulous entrees below.

6th Grade ART

6th grade has been working on their Heraldry projects and are getting ready to trace their work onto the good paper when we return to school. They have also added color to their clay warmups and shiny glaze to their clay cookies. I put both in the kiln today.

8th Grade ART

We have started off both Traditional Art and Sculpture Art with a vote for the choice clay project. Here are some shots of the kids working on their creations. All projects have been put into the kiln today and will be ready for color when we return from break.

7th Grade Art

We are getting ready for our clay food or fashion project. Kiddos are finishing up their drawings so we can start the actual clay soon after break:)

Fantastic Ending to Quarter 3 Art

Advisory: Upcoming Events... Spirit week, author visit and planner contest. New clubs started last Friday 3/26. And a huge thank you to those who donated to the Ukraine drive.

All Week: Celebrate Autism Acceptance SPIRIT WEEK. See what we are doing each day

Monday, April 4th: Author, Linda Sue Park's virtual visit, will discuss her book A Long Walk to Water 

2022-2023 Planner Art Contest: Entries due this Friday, April 8th. Open to all 6th and 7th Graders.

6th Grade ART: 

We have wrapped up the Colonial Slip trailing Cookies and built our warm up clay projects. They are ready to go into the kiln. While we wait for them, we are starting Heraldry 2D drawing project.

 

8th Grade Traditional and Sculpture ART: 

We have wrapped up the quarter with Koi Fish watercolors in both Traditional and Sculpture. Sculpture also finished up the cardboard project. I've enjoyed your children! Thanks for sharing:)

7th Grade ART: 

We have wrapped up the quarter with our 2 projects, printmaking and clay food/fashion. Check out their awesome works. I've enjoyed your children! Thanks for sharing:)