Tuesday, November 26, 2013

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

Friday, November 8, 2013

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
 

Sunday, November 3, 2013

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.



Wednesday, October 23, 2013

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.





Thursday, October 3, 2013

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)