quarterly A PUBLICATION OF MR. NIXON > APPLEWOOD ART TEACHER

HIGHLIGHTING APPLEWOOD’S ARTISTIC EXCELLENCE

issue 2 I 2017-2018

2 quarter

“BEE”-LIEVE IT OR NOT: GRACE MULLEN & CLAIRE LANDFRIED

Featuring: Kaleb Goodell / Adriana Florian / Cody Martz

Addison Ivory / Gabriella Solivan / Claire Landfried

Spectacular Sunset

KINDERGARTEN

H ave you ever

ridden in a

sailboat? Did

you go fast or

slow? Was it

relaxing or scary?

Leonid Afremov, a

Russian-Israeli

artist, painted the

sailboat piece to the right.

Afremov paints many of his

canvases in oil paint using

a palette knife as opposed

to a brush. Compare

Afremov’s painting with

Kaleb’s painting above.

What similarities

do you notice? How

are these two

paintings

different? Do you

think these two

artists used the same

colors? Do you think they

are at the same time of

day?

Kaleb Goodell created this

amazing masterpiece!

Doesn’t it look like a

gorgeous sunset? Can you

see the moon’s

reflection in the

water? Notice

the balance of

warm colors in

the sky and the cool colors in

the water. Wouldn’t you like

to vacation in this painting?

LEONID AFREMOV

Kaleb Goodell

GRADE 1

Strawberry Success

F irst grader Adriana

Florian beautifully

painted these

scrumptious strawberries!

Don’t they look like you

could just pick them up and

eat them? Notice how she

captured the shadow, used

multi-colored dots for the

seeds, and outlined each

strawberry in pink. Super!

Adriana Florian

“STRAWBERRIES REVOLT”

MARY SHEEHAN WINN

Artists throughout

history have used food

as the subject

matter of their

artwork. Mary

Sheehan

Winn’s painting

to the left was the

inspiration for our first

grade strawberry

paintings. I’m sure

Winn would be happy

to see the fantastic

results! I love her

thick

brushstrokes,

harsh shadows, up

close composition,

and tasty theme! If you

painted a picture of

food, what would you

pick?

GRADE 2

Dragonflies on Display

D id you know that the

dragonfly…

*Can intercept prey in mid-air?

*Has incredibly sharp mandibles?

*Can fly sideways or backwards?

*Has eyes all over its head and has

360 degree vision?

*Can live underwater for two

years?

*Has some species that lay

their eggs in saltwater?

*Has sanctuaries around

the world you can visit?

Cody’s dragonflies

are positively

perfect! Check out

the awesome yellow

and red-orange

pattern in their

bodies and the

interesting

placement of the

dragonflies! Wow!

Cody

Martz

Adapted from Jaymi Heimbuch

Mother Nature Network

8.22.16

GRADE 3

Lighting the Way

H ave you ever been inside

of a lighthouse, walking

up the spiral staircase

and around the

observation deck? Lighthouses help

boats and ships avoid rocky shores when

it is dark out. Third-grader Addison

Ivory’s beautiful lighthouse painting is a

Addison Ivory

beacon of light. Isn’t the sky

gorgeous, with her use of pink,

purple, and yellow? Notice the

posts of her fence—don’t they

look three-dimensional with one

side having a shadow and the

other having a highlight?

Remarkable! Great job Addison!

GRADE 4

Catch of the Day

P aul Klee

was a

German

artist and teacher

who lived from

1879 to1940. He

was a part of the

Expressionist,

Cubist, and Surreal

modern art

movements. To the

right is his painting

“The Golden Fish.”

What similarities

and differences do

see between Klee’s

piece of art and

Gabriella’s above?

Do you see any

patterns in Klee’s

piece? How many

fish do you see?

How did he use line

to create texture?

Gabriella Solivan

“THE GOLDEN FISH”

PAUL KLEE

What a catch! Gabriella’s fish

painting caught my eye—

hook, line and sinker! Don’t

you love her use of pattern?

How many patterns can you

find? I see stripes and

different-sized polka-dots.

She also did a phenomenal

job of mixing original warm

and cool colors, from

turquoise to peach, lavender

to yellow-orange!

GRADE 5

“Well”

Done

H ave

you

ever

pumped water

out of a well?

Have you ever

been to a farm?

Charles

Freitag’s

painting “A

Helping Hand”

to the right

takes us back

to a time when

it was common

for folks to

pump water

from a well. Do

you think life

would have

been easier or

harder back

then? Do you

think your

would enjoy

living on a

farm? Why or

why not?

Claire Landfried

used chalk

pastels to

create the

drawing to the

right. Can you

tell how she

used brown to

make the well

pump seem old

and rusty?

What time of

day do you

think this scene

takes place at?

“Well” done

Claire! “A HELPING HAND”

CHARLES FREITAG

ART CLUB

Mr. Nixon: How did you come up with

this collaborative idea?

Mrs. Harrison: Sadly not all middle

school students have the same

creativity they did in elementary

school. This made me think of

collaborating

with the most

creative kids in

the district—

the elementary

students!

Mr. Nixon: What were your 7th and 8th

graders favorite and most challenging

parts about this project?

Mrs. Harrison: They loved reading and

comparing all the crazy descriptions

and adding their own creative flare. At

first they were overwhelmed by how

they would draw all the written details

and not disappoint the elementary

kids. Encouraging them that they

could come up with awesome results

gave them a boost of confidence!

Creation Collaboration

SAM TIMAR / WILLETTS MIDDLE SCHOOL

CARA CENTA / APPLEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

FOR THIS PROJECT, APPLEWOOD’S FIFTH GRADE ART STUDENTS

WROTE DESCRIPTIONS OF THEIR DREAM HOUSE AND WILLETTS

ART 2 STUDENTS (7TH & 8TH GRADE) ILLUSTRATED THE

DESCRIPTIONS IN MULTI-LINEAR PERSPECTIVE.