Students learn about Vincent van Gogh and his famous Sunflower paintings. These second grade students made beautiful sunflowers using finger-paint.

Students in the fifth grade learned about Japanese Ukiyo-e art.  Then, students made tempera paintings in the similar Ukiyo-e style with traditional Japanese characters and bold use of color.

Students in fifth grade drew portraits of Native American and Inuit people. Then, using tempera paint, they created a frame using natural colors and native symbols.

Students in the fourth grade learned about Native American Art.  They learned about some of the traditional images seen in Native art such as the eagle, raven, and deer.  They also learned about various symbols in native paintings. 

 

 
Students in K+ and third grade learned about Aboriginal Paintings and then made Aboriginal paintings using traditional colors and dotted patterns. 

 

 
Students learned about the Japanese art form of Fish Printing called Gyotaku.   Using rubber fish, students painted the fish and  then pressed or printed the fish design onto paper.  After printing the fish, they painted a decorative background using watercolors.
Students in the fifth grade learned about art of ancient Egypt.  They studied how the bodies were drawn and created.  First, they drew their pictures, then they painted them using metallic tempera and watercolor paint.