Zilker Elementary Art Class

 Fourth Grade students have been studying the Pop Art of artist Wayne Thiebaud and his dessert paintings and prints.  Students practiced d...

Third Grade Zilker artists have just finished their Picasso Double Face paintings!  We looked at several of Pablo Picasso's portrai...

Second Grade artists are learning about the artist Wassily Kandinsky  We looked at many of his abstract paintings and talked about his ...

  Zilker third grade artists are sculpting fish out of clay!  Here students are adding the final touches: texture and lines as well as ...

Second graders are learning about Akuaba Dolls.  These dolls are made by artists in Ghana, and they are members of the Akan tribe. The Aka...

First Grade Zilker artists are making their self portraits using paper and glue.  We have discussed symmetry, and are folding our paper...

Zilker fourth grade artists have been busy creating wonderful self portrait paintings based on Henri Matisse's style with bold patter...

Kinder art students have been busy creating beautiful patterns in the Zilker art room recently.  We used crayons first, pushing hard with ...

  Fifth Grade artists are studying a type of folk art from Mexico called bark paintings, or amate paintings.  These paintings ...