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Calling all Picassos and Michaelangelos to sharpen their pencils and gather their paint and brushes, as we begin our new creative journey at Saint Joseph School for the  2020-2021 school year. I am looking forward to sharing your creativity with me, as you create your artistic masterpieces and try to achieve your next level of Art , by practicing and improving your creativeness throughout the school year.

This year students will be responsible for their own supplies in Art and will not be able to share art supplies with their classmates. To be prepared to start off the school year, students will need to have the following supplies in a separate art supply box:
Pencils 
Erasers
Scissors
Glue Stick 
Elmer's Liquid Glue
Black Fine Point Sharpie
Crayons 
Colored Markers 
Color Pencils 
1 Pad of Construction Paper
1 Pad of Drawing Paper 
Students in Grade 3 to 8 will need all the above listed and :
1 Set of Watercolors with a Brush and a Cup 
1 Watercolor paper pad
1set of Oil Pastels 

Please make sure to label all their supplies.  Updates will follow if and when other supplies are needed for the students' creative process in the months ahead. Thank you in advance for your cooperation.


September 22, 2020 - This is a reminder that all students need to purchase the above art supplies, in order that we can use these materials throughout the year and experience using different mediums on the art masterpieces they will create.Please follow all the above instructions. Thank you for your cooperation!


October 5,2020- This is a reminder to make sure students have the needed supplies that are on my website for their art classes. It is difficult to create the art projects without the requested art supplies. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
 

To begin the artistic year, students in Grades PK3/PK4 will learn how beautiful art can be created from recycled objects. Their first project will be based on using  basic concepts as they create seasonal Frankensteins, witches or owls from recycled items. They will be introduced to proper painting skills and shown how to paint in one direction. All other classes will learn the skills of drawing that is the basis for all types of mediums whether it be pastels or painting. All students will learn how to create their drawing step by step, by using simple shapes to create their image. Art is a creative process that is developed over time and requries dedication and patience in order to achieve and go beyond your desired artistic level. 
The projects are as follows:
K3/K4- Recycled Frankensteins, Witches, or Owls
K- Pumpkin Renderings
Grade 1 - Sunflower Medley in the Style of Georgia O'Keeffe
Grade 2- Scarecrows in the Field
Grade 3- Sunflower Still Life with Van Gogh's Influence 
Grade 4- Mallards Against the Autumn Sunset 
Grade 5- Garfield Halloween Cartoon 
Grade 6- Bountiful Baskets of Seasonal Fruits and Vegetables 
Grade 7- Dimensional Still Life 
Grade 8- Autumnal Country Landscape 
  

September 20,2020- The artists at St. Joseph are still working on the above creative projects. During this month, the children in PK are learning how to paint and are working on improving their painting skills with their Frankenstein project made of recyclables. He is just ever so adorable!!!!Grade K is continuing on working on their personalized letter pumpkins and have learned how to free-hand draw, by using shapes as the basis of drawing. We have already outlined in black Sharpie Marker and many have learn how to blend colors and are starting to color in their pumpkin. Grade 1 is still learning about artist Georgia O"Keeffe and her oversized style . Students have been creating an oversized flower that runs right off the paper, so sometimes you may only create a part of the sunflower. Grade 2 is creating a fall landscape with a scarecrow, where they already have drawn in their scarecrow and beginning to color it in. They are learning how to correctly draw a scarecrow that is symmetrical. Once they create their scarecrow correctly,then  you will see how one does not look like another and how adorable they are.Many students will begin to outline in black Sharpie this week and learn how to blend colors before they start coloring in their own picture.Next week ,we will begin creating a background.Grade 3 has been learning how to create a mallard duck and how to make the water look like it is moving, by using repetition with linework. Most have completed their drawing and are coloring in their picture. Next week, we will discuss what a harvest sky looks like and will use autumnal colors to create it to make the picture have a true feeling of autumn. Grade 4 is being challenged to create a floral still life in a metal watering can. Through this process, they are trying to make things symmetrical. Once they have a good drawing of a sunflower, then it will be easier for them to draw the others. Next week we will begin outlining in black Sharpie marker and discuss blending of colors,creating a background,adding seasonal fruit and learning how to create a monarch butterfly ,that will all be incorporated into their picture. Grade 5 has been learning how to create a seasonal apple hanging on a branch and have been learning about shading and what a highlight is.They have also experienced the technique of blending colors. I have decided to jazz up their picture by adding a stained glass sky in order to make their picture pop!! Grade 6 is continuing on with their fall landscape that includes a wooden cart,bushels of fruits and vegetables and many other items that make up a fall harvest. Students are adding a sunset and patterned mountains to make their picture more interesting! Some have already outlined and are starting to color in. Grade 7 is continuing to learn how to shade with a pencil. Since there is no color ,the pencil pressure is what determines the strength of the shading...a skill that just needs to be practiced.They are also adding a checkered floor that adds to the style of their picture.Grade 8 continues to work on their nostalgic harvest scene that is added to everytime we meet for art. Most have one half of the nostalgic red truck drawn along with the bushels of fruits and pumpkins. It's a step by step process that requires skill and determination. Aside from that, they are also creating ideas for a school mural.Overall, all the projects in all the grades are being beautifully and successfully created. I admire their dedication in developing their art skills that will allow them to achieve their next level of art. I am truly blessed to have them as my students!
 

 We have been very blessed with many winners in several local, county, state, and national art contests thru the years. Our first for the year will be the Carteret Knights of Columbus "Keep Christ in Christmas", where the children are asked to create a poster based on the meaning of that theme. The second contest that Grade 4 will be involved in will be the 4th Grade Folder Contest with the theme of "Fun Things To Do Instead of Drugs". I hope you are as excited as I am to get the creative year started ....... so..........  let the creativitiy begin!!!!!
 

September 22,2020 - The entire school is working on the "Keep Christ in Christmas"art contest and already we have some students that have created their sketch and are working on their final piece....what beautiful images they are creating. If you have not submitted your sketch to me ...please  show me. Remember...you need to be in it to win it!!!! Also grade 4 is working on their first ideas for "The Fun Things To Do Instead of Drugs" 4th grade folder contest. Once their sketch is approved they will be able to create the final drawing. Again.. if you have that first sketch,please show it to me!


October 5,2020 -Students are reminded to create an idea, for the "Keep Christ in Christmas " art contest ,of Mary, Joseph and Baby Jesus and to please show me your idea! Some children are already creating their final piece to be submitted for the contest!
                            Also, Grade 4 should be showing Ms. Yuschik ideas for the "Fun Things to Do Instead of Drugs "contest, so you can start on the final drawing to be submitted. Remember,you have to be in it to win it!!!