Wonderful Art Resources

Students-enjoy your Holiday break!

If you are looking for art activities, browse these websites... they are wonderful resources! Happy browsing and creating.  :)

The M.E.T. Art Museum: http://www.metmuseum.org

M.O.M.A., NY City: http://www.moma.org/?gclid=CNeL37q4v7sCFW9nOgodnEUAaQ

Expressive, Realistic and Medieval Self Portraits:

7th

5th

6th

7th and 8th grade Portraits. AMAZING job students!

7th-Expressive Self Portraits: exploring how color and emotion are connected.
8th-Celebrity Portraits.

Self Portraits: (in progress)

Students learned about famous artists that create portraits; Chuck Close~ Photo-realist and Leonardo DaVinci~ one of the first artist to study facial proportions.

They also learned about correct facial proportions and measurements, integrating math skills. Other skills practiced and reinforced; symmetry, value, balance, highlights and shadows.

Expressive Vincent van Gogh inspired landscapes

Focusing on the life of Vincent van Gogh, Impressionism, visual texture, expressive lines and the 4 main ways to show depth.

The Grand Student Art Show

Twenty outstanding artworks from various 5th-8th grade EEMS students will be on display at The Grand in downtown Ellsworth for the month of December. 
Please stop down and enjoy the beautiful art display!
Happy Holidays,
~Mrs. Weise

The Mural is now on display!

Congratulations to all 320 middle school students who helped create the four panel canvas mural, the results are stunning and I am so very proud of you all!
The mural is now hanging in the front entry way of EEMS, please come in and check it out!
Theme: The Four Seasons of Maine

 

Creative Halloween Costumes

Here are some of the creative handmade Halloween costumes that I saw Thursday!

SCHOOL MURAL! (In progress)

This past week the 5th-8th grade students started a mural project, that will hang in the front entry way of EEMS.  All 320 students are contributing to the mural and we all are very excited to add some color and creativity to our beautiful school!!
The theme is the four seasons in Maine.
The mural is still in progress... I will post photos of the final product soon.

6th Grade students hard at work

Painting their Vincent van Gogh inspired landscapes, applying the 4 main ways to show depth in a landscape painting.

October Art Lessons!

5th Grade still life paintings- focusing on the use of complementary colors, observation/fine motor skills and the style of Vincent van Gogh (short brush strokes and expressive curvy lines)
7th Grade color theory lesson- focusing on tinting a hue and positive/negative space.
8th Grade color theory lesson- focused on the German paper art form of Scherenschnitte and tinting a hue gradually.

First art lessons of the 2013-14 school year!

5th grade: Georgia O'Keeffe inspired flowers (focusing on organic shapes and complementary colors)

6th grade: Vincent van Gogh inspired sunflowers (focusing on visual texture, expressive lines and the life/style of van Gogh)

7th & 8th grade: Abstract Animals (focusing on Pablo Picasso's abstract style, changing elements of design and creative thinking skills)

Welcome back Ellsworth Middle School students and families!!

I am so excited to start a new school year full of creative thinking, art making and artistic learning in the art room!

Over the summer, I got married and my new name is Mrs. Weise (pronounced "Weezy"... I realize my new last name can be difficult to remember, so you are welcome to call me Mrs. W as well.

Please visit this website often as I update it a few times a month with new student artwork photos and lesson information.

Take care and feel free to contact me anytime, I would love to hear from you.  :)

Mrs. Weise

kweise@rsu24.org

Happy end of the school year!

Congrats to all of the Ellsworth Middle School students for a year full of creative growth and achievements in the art classroom, I am so very proud of each and every one of them!
Have a wonderful summer and I hope you get a chance visit art museums and continue to create!
:)
~Ms. Miller

Outstanding 8th grade portraits!

Focusing on value, proportion, highlights, shadows and facial features.

Poster contest

Congratulations to Rory B. from Mr. Lock's 5h grade class, for winning the Ellsworth 250th anniversary poster contest, I am so proud of you!

5th grade Clay Owls

These adorable owls were made using low fire clay, colored with oil pastels and dipped in india ink for a resist technique.

ART SHOW!

The EEMS 5th-8th grade student ART SHOW will be held on the same night as the music concert, Wednesday June 5th.  More information will be sent home soon.  Please mark your calenders for this creative night!

5th grade Butterfly Symmetry

Just in time for spring!

Clay!!

8th graders are sculpting clay creatures, based on a hollow clay form with unique additions added.

Ellsworth 250th Anniversary Posters

Here are two outstanding poster entries by Rory- 5th grade and Bettina- 6th grade well done girls!

8th grade Elements and Principles of Design Plaster Masks

Included in each mask are at least one Element and one Principle of design, open for student expression and interpretation.

6th grade Gustav Klimt inspired Trees!

Whimsical trees inspired by my favorite artist Gustav Klimt.  Focusing on pattern, shapes, lines and motifs.

Clay, clay and more clay!

Some of the pottery lessons done this year by the talented 5th-8th grade students!