Our Snowplow is Complete!

Our Snowplow Art Club has worked hard to design and paint our snowplow this year.  You'll see this colorful plow out on the streets of Harrisonburg when the snow comes.  Great job by these 6 students!

Kindergarten Georgia O'Keefe Flowers!

All classes have been creating artworks for our Art to Remember Fundraiser.  The kindergarten flowers are so delightful! They learned about proper painting techniques and drawing with oil pastels.  They also learned about circles and lines.

Students have been learning about the art room and procedures, talking and writing about art, and have been making their sketchbooks these first weeks.  Kindergarten and first grade are learning about different lines and will be creating a collage on top of their backgrounds next week.   We also welcome our student teacher, Ms. Chagnon, from JMU!

Welcome to the art studio at Smithland!

I'm excited to start a another year at Smithland!  It's always fun to set up the classroom, meet new faces, and open brand new art materials for the children. The art studio is a place where students can be creative, use their imaginations and learn new concepts and skills in art making.  When Smithland students come to art class we learn about various artists, media, and cultures while also creating their original works of art. 

Smithland artists will work collaboratively with some projects and use creative problem solving skills when tackling challenges.  They will explore drawing, painting, sculpture, ceramics, printmaking, fiber arts and mixed media projects throughout this school year.  3rd and 4th graders are welcome to participate in our art club that meets after school.  More information will be distributed to interested students this fall.

Welcome to the 2013-2014 school year!

Smithland students learn about various artists, media, and cultures while also creating their original works of art during the course of the year. Smithland artists enjoy working collaboratively to create works of art and use creative problem solving skills when tackling challenges.  They will explore drawing, painting, sculpture, ceramics, printmaking, fiber arts and mixed media projects throughout this upcoming school year.  3rd and 4th graders are welcome to participate in our art club that meets after school.  

3rd and 4th Grade Ceramics

 Grades K-4th have been learning about ceramics! Here are a few coil pots from our 3rd Graders and textured bowls and vessels from our 4th graders.  

Smithland Art Show, Celebrating Youth Art Month!

March is Youth Art Month!!

Students are creating wonderful works of art and photos will be up soon.
The HCPS Annual Youth Art Month Exhibit is on display at the Massanutten Regional Library in downtown Harrisonburg.  We have about 20 students from Smithland with artwork displayed. The show will be up until April 11th.

Smithland Artists in Action!

 3rd Grade is learning about the art of mud cloth from Mali!

2nd Grade is learning about secondary colors.  They have created a color wheel and are now learning how to draw from observation.  They will paint these drawings using secondary colors.

 1st Grade is learning about the primary colors and the artist Kandinsky.

Kindergarten is learning about cool rainy colors and sunny warm colors.  

January 2013

4th Graders are in the process of creating seascape paintings after learning about Picasso's blue period and looking at one of his seascapes.  They are also learning how to create tints and shades by mixing white and black with the blue paint.  They are off to a great start!