Each month of the school year children will be studying a basic principle or element of art as well as learning about the life and works of a famous artist. 

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The 2008 / 2009 year has got off to a great start.  Here are some of the many projects we have completed so far this year.  We are gearing up for our Celebrate the Arts show in March and are preparing some great works to show off at the competition this year !

In May we wrapped up all of the elements in art that we've studied this year including balance, shape, value, rhythm, color, space, form, movement, line, pattern and texture.  We also explored the world of "Pop Art" as we learned about the life and works of our featured artist. 

The featured artist in May was:

Andy Warhol

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In the month of April students at Dodd participated in the district-wide "Celebrate the Arts" visual art show at Wylie High School.  Out of the 98 entries from Dodd, 47 of our students received ribbons in the show.

Wow - way to go Dodd !!

Here are some designs done in art class in the month of April that show many of the elements we have been working on such as balance, shape, value, rhythm, color, space, form, movement, line, and pattern. 

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In March we studied the famous artist...

Leonardo da Vinci

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Below are some of our student's interpretations of the Mona Lisa...

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As part of our study on Picasso, students learned about Picasso's unique and bold style that made him famous.  Here is their interpretations of his style of art...

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In December the students studied about the life and works of artist Vincent Van Gogh.  "Starry Night" was one of Van Gogh's most famous paintings. Our Dodd students gave us their interpretation of this beautiful piece...

"Starry Night" by Vincent Van Gogh

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The last few weeks of October the students drew and colored their own version of a Still Life picture using colored pencils...

Using some wonderful creativity our budding artist's at Dodd made some half magazine / half drawing pictures....

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As part of our unit on lines we created some "Line Study" drawings using zigzag and wavy lines.  Take a look at what we came up with... 

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During the 3rd week of school students studied about the life and works of Jackson Pollock, who was best known for his Abstract Expressionism Art.  During this week children created their own interpretations of Jackson's style using paint droppers and scraping tools.  We have some very creative kids at Dodd !  Take a look ...