Lively Arts and Craft Show

Don't forget about the Lively Arts and Craft Show tomorrow!! 

Support local artists, including myself, and our own alum, Paige!

Find one-of-a-kind holiday gifts!

Buy refreshments to support the FSW Yearbook!

Festival of Trees

One of the many wonderful aspects of Friends School is the opportunity we give our kids to take part in Service Learning. We recently were able to take part in a\ Service Learning project in Art, the Festival of Tree, that benefited Lower Cape Fear Hospice,

We were a decorating sponsor for the Festival of Trees, which is currently on exhibit at the Cameron Art Museum. Our tree will then be displayed at a local business that has sponsored it through the month of December. Proceeds from spooning the tree will go to Hospice.

Each grade level, from 1st - 8th made a different ornament. All ornaments were made with shades of blue and green, representing our school colors. 

Decorating our tree at the Cameron Art Museum.

The festival of Trees will be on display through December 2nd. Stop by and see our beautiful tree and support Hospice.

Kindergarten - Color Math and Sweet Little Birds

We strive to have every Art class be as fun and exciting as possible.. however, there are certain projects that just make me step back and remember how awesome of a job I truly have. This is one of those projects.

One of the biggest lessons I have learned through teaching is that sometimes I need to step back and let the kids' creativity take over. They always amaze me with the incredible things they come up with!

This project took two days to complete.

Day 1

First, we read the book "Little Blue and Little Yellow", one of my favorites!

We then learned about the primary and secondary colors by doing "Color Math".

 Students not only mixed yellow and blue to get green, but experimented with adding more yellow to get a lighter tint of green. Oh, there are so many colors we can make!

We ended our first class by printing circles onto our paper using cups dipped in paint - this was fun  - and messy!

Day 2

Bird time! We reviewed color mixing and then practiced drawing birds on scrap paper... what body parts should we include, how might a bird look if he was flying/walking/standing.

We then drew the birds on our good paper.. oh they are so cute! I loved how everyone's birds had their own personalities!

Here are a few finished birdies... more to come on Monday!

One of the sweetest things about this project was the kids singing, humming and chirping as they drew their birds. :)

3rd & 4th - iPad Portraits

As in introduction to using the iPads in Art, 3rd & 4th grade collaboratively made portraits using the app Faces iMake. This was a great way to have fun while making art and also learn how to use the basic functions of the iPads and how to save images to the photo stream. We also focused on how to use composition and proportion in art. 

Jaden, Nathan, Carissa

Ben, Vaughn

Annabelle, Maisie

Malaya, Lydia, Bella

Ireland, Maia, Sophie

Aidan, Hank

Niall, Luke

Jared, Carson

Ryder, Megan, Helen

Griffin, Harper, Anna

ArtTech!

iPads have arrived and we aren't wasting any time putting them to use!

I am so excited about the new technology in the Peiffer Art room! We have 3 iPads and an iMac on the way for student use. This new technology was made possible by a pilot program at Friends - a lot of exciting things ahead !

Here is how we used them today....

  

5th & 6th graders using the iPads for visual references as we work on our watercolor sea turtle projects - based on our Bald Head Island trip. 

3rd & 4th graders used the Faces iMake app as an introduction to designing on the iPads.

Cucalorus Film Festival

WooHoo!!! What an awesome experience! Our film, Punchline, was included in the Cucalorus film festival this weekend!

At the festival!

In print.

Filmmaker's pass

On the big screen!

5th Grade- Self portrait critique

Talking about our artwork with peers is so valuable! We had such meaningful conversations this morning as students shared ideas. Great collaboration!