Art Education

Ms. Brenna’s Artists Alley

Welcome back to Ms. Brenna’s Artists Alley! 

We have jumped straight into the year by going back to the basic building blocks of art, starting with the art element of “Line”. 

Students are exploring the idea of “look drawing” or “contour line drawing” as it is more formally called and are learning the exciting concept that anything they ever want to draw is made of lines. Why is this exciting you ask? Because Lines make Shapes, and Shapes make Forms (3D shapes), so if you can see and draw the lines that make up an object… you can draw ANYTHING!!!!

With this in mind, students are all starting the year by drawing some of the most complex and beautiful 3D forms… Flowers. From grade 1 all the way up to grade 6 I am having students try to draw the flowers as they see them, not as their brain knows they look. From this concept I am getting some of the most beautiful drawings these students have ever done! Take a look! As we move forward with the next month of art, on top of finalizing their own drawings, students of all grades will work together to make a beautiful banner full of blooms which will take us through towards the winter and give us something beautiful to consider as we go through the cold months. 

I hope you are excited for the new art year, I sure am! I look forward to watching everyone learn and grow as we explore Line, Shape, and Form together!

Ms. Brenna