First Graders learn about COLOR

First Graders are working hard on their color books. They finished their first page where they mixed primary colors to create secondary colors on their own color wheel. They also discovered what happens when all three primary colors are mixed together. They are now discovering complementary colors, and will be creating cool and warm color paintings soon. They will put together all of their pages to create a book to take home in December.

Second Graders and Georgia O'Keeffe Flowers

Second Graders have been learning about Georgia O'Keeffe and her large flower paintings. First, we drew technical drawings where we labeled the different parts of flowers (learning some science with our art!). Then we looked at O'Keeffe's flower paintings and read a story about her life. We wrote notes about some interesting things Georgia did, including the fact that she taught art in Texas! Then we started our flower drawings, which you can see us working on. Next, we will be learning how to mix intermediate colors, and finally we will start our own flower paintings.

Spinning in Circles

Third Grade Radial Designs

Third graders have just completed their outstanding radial designs. We learned about radial balance, which is when an object has two or more lines of symmetry. Students created some amazing designs! Look for them soon in the Zilker hallway!

Welcome to the Jungle!

Fourth Grade Rainforest Drawings

Fourth Graders are hard at work on their rainforest drawings. After looking at some photos from Costa Rica and planning out ideas, students are finally adding color to their imaginative jungles. It's hard to find their animals hidden behind all of their tropical plants. You can feel the heat and smell the rain when you look at their artworks!

What is happening in the Art Room?

Fifth Grade Molas

Fifth Graders are now working on Molas, an art from Panama created by the Kuna Indians. Traditionally, Kuna women create mola designs by layering and sewing bright pieces of cloth. One of their main inspirations is animal life. We created our Mola animals with markers, then made a background collage to replicate the repeated oval shapes seen in most Molas. Here are students working on their collages.

Zilker School-wide Student Art Show April 2008

Sixth Grade students looked at the artist Andy Warhol and his artwork "Picasso Double Face." Pablo Picasso was an artist that inspired Warhol. Zilker students created a portrait in the same abstract style, and added bright colors and patterns with paint. Students also added a thick black line, just as Picasso did in many of his artworks.

Zilker School-wide Student Art Show - April 2008

Fifth Grade students studied the Oaxacan region of Mexico and the artists that live there. We then created animal sculptures in the Oaxacan style, using plaster instead of wood. Then students added paint in bright colors and patterns on the animals.

Zilker School-wide Student Art Show April 2008

Ms. Brosko's Class

Ms. Hardwick's Class

Ms. Russell's Class

Ms. Saucedo's Class

Fourth Grade learned how to sew different stitches like the running stitch, straight stitch, satin stitch, and the cross stitch. They first drew an idea for their design that could be realistic or abstract. Then they started sewing their design onto burlap.

Zilker School-wide Student Art Show

Ms. Montanez's Class

Ms. Wrigley's Class

Mr. Suehs' Class

Third graders studied the Californian artist Laurel Burch and drew cats in her colorful, imaginative style. They added black glue carefully onto their lines, then put in vivid colors with oil pastels.

Zilker School-wide Student Art Show

Ms. Dailey's Class

Ms. Sides' Class

Ms. Wynn's Class

Second Graders created their own self portraits using collage. We learned about symmetry and overlapping shapes, and the students did an incredible job on their clothing details. They also really captured their individual and unique portraits using paper and glue.