First Grade Free Form Shapes

First Graders cut out their very own free form shapes, then traced it many times on a black piece of paper. Here they are tracing those lines with glue, which can be tricky! Next, we will add color inside the free form shapes, after the glue had had time to dry.

Kinder Line & Shape Collage

Kinder Art students are working hard on their line and shape collages. Today we added color and detail with markers.

Fourth Graders: Haunted Houses and Ghostly Stories

Fourth Graders are working on their new project - Haunted Houses! We are using cardboard and glue for the basic structure of the house...lots of glue! Check out how much we've built so far. We will be writing ghost stories in Language Arts, so hopefully these haunted houses will help spark our imaginations and inspire some descriptive adjectives.

Third Graders and Radial Balance

Third Graders are creating designs that have radial balance, or two or more lines of symmetry. After reviewing lines and shapes, students started drawing their designs in the center of their papers, slowly radiating outward with a variety of lines and different shapes. We are now adding color, and the designs are starting to resemble kaleidoscopes!

First and Second Graders review Geometric Shapes.

We are working hard on our Geometric Shape review. Students first drew six different geometric shapes: circles, triangles, squares, rectangles, ovals, and diamonds. We then added texture by rubbing different texture plates. Next, we cut out and arranged the shapes to build a house, after studying a few artworks depicting sturdy architecture. We are now adding color and details to the front and back yard as well as the sky.

Welcome Back!

The 2009-2010 School Year is off to a great start! All Zilker Elementary art students are studying shapes and lines, which are part of the Elements of Design, this first nine weeks.

2009 Zilker School-wide Student Art Show

Zilker School-wide Student Art Show

5th Grade Mexican Bark Paintings

What did we do? We looked at different Mexican bark paintings. Then we chose an animal that showed movement to draw, and surrounded the animal with different plants. We created a pattern border, and used bright, imaginative colors to paint our drawings. Our last step was to outline all of our shapes with a black marker.

What did we learn? We learned how to draw an animal that showed action or movement. We learned how to fill our page and use imaginary colors. We also learned how to use pattern and texture to add interest to our paintings.

Zilker School-wide Student Art Show

4th Grade African Clay Masks

What did we do?
We looked at several different examples of African masks and talked about why people had made them. We practiced drawing four different masks of our own, and picked our best one. Then we created a base out of clay that was the shape of our mask. We added pieces of clay to the base to represent facial features. Last, we painted glaze onto our masks using the African colors.

What did we learn?
We learned how to attach clay pieces using the score and slip method. We learned how to correctly apply glaze so that the colors would appear bright. We also learned how to carve texture into the clay and transform a two-dimensional image into a three-dimensional mask.

Ms. Saucedo's Class

Zilker School-wide Student Art Show

4th Grade African Clay Masks

What did we do?
We looked at several different examples of African masks and talked about why people had made them. We practiced drawing four different masks of our own, and picked our best one. Then we created a base out of clay that was the shape of our mask. We added pieces of clay to the base to represent facial features. Last, we painted glaze onto our masks using the African colors.

What did we learn?
We learned how to attach clay pieces using the score and slip method. We learned how to correctly apply glaze so that the colors would appear bright. We also learned how to carve texture into the clay and transform a two-dimensional image into a three-dimensional mask.

Ms. Russell's Class


Ms. Russell's Class

Ms. Brosko's Class

Ms. Brosko's Class