First Grade can't stand not to paint their...

HANDS!

Now they ain’t gonna paint no more.

As inspiration for the art work you see here, Mrs. Penney read author Karen Beaumont’s “I Ain’t Gonna Paint No More!” with her 1^st grade Art Students.

Written to the tune of "It Ain't Gonna Rain No More,"the story centers on an aspiring young artist who gets loves painting…creating elaborate paintings on the ceiling and the walls and just about everywhere until until mama shouts, "  Ya ain't gonna paint no more!" and stashes the boy's art supplies on the top shelf of a closet. What happens next? You will have to ask a first grader!

To create these works of art students first traced both of their hands working in pairs if needed. They then used watercolor paints to add color and oil pastels to add patterns. 



The backgrounds were created with printmaking techniques utilizing Primary Colors. 

Our young art students also had the opportunity to work on their cutting and gluing skills- cutting out each hand carefully and gluing them on to their backgrounds and then outlined them with black crayon to add emphasis.

 For a plot description please click the link below:

http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-15-202488-8

Sharing the Joy...

Farmingville Art Students:
Spreading Joy in the community!

This season, once again the Parking Authority and Chamber of Commerce are adjusting parking rules in designated areas in the downtown area... and our Farmingville Art Students helped add a little flare to the otherwise plain white sign covers. 

Every student Kindergarten through 5th Grade had an opportunity over the course of a week to work on the sign covers during their Art class with Mrs. Penney. Custom printing plates were brushed with paint and printed onto the coverings. Each snowflake and design was individually applied by the hands of one of Farmingville's students!

We even received a mention in the Ridgefield Press. Please check the link below:

http://www.theridgefieldpress.com/54382/parking-signs-get-holiday-makeover/#axzz3sj5cRhsW

3rd Grade Students Exhibit at Ridgefield Recreation Center!

ARCHforKids, Kids for Community

Students at Farmingville Elementary School (FES) and Branchville Elementary School (BES) had a series of workshops with ARCHforKids, a STEAM-based group of educators who focus on architecture, art, design and community.  The creation of this work took place over a 3 session residency. Working under the theme "Healthy Living & Recreational Buildings", 3rd grade students acted as architects and engineers in training and were challenged to construct a model of an ideal community/recreation facility. 

On November 17th Ridgefield Recreation Center hosted a one night exhibition of the models.  Photos of the work will be on display through December 19th.  

The photos below highlight the students’ work as well as their creative process.

This program was possible through a grant provided by the Ridgefield Education Foundation, a non-profit organization which funds initiatives that enhance the educational experience of Ridgefield learners of all ages.

Falling for Landscapes....

1^st Grade Mixed Media Fall Landscapes

In their art class the 1^st graders learned about landscapes and how to use a horizon line in their artwork to create a sense of depth and space. To create their fall landscapes, students first used the element of line to create their horizon line and then used contour lines (outline) to draw a house. Using tempera cakes they added color to their drawings, making sure that the color of both the sky and the ground met at the horizon line. 

Each student created their trees trunks and additional features with oil pastels. As a finishing touch to their landscapes students used warm colors to add leaves to their trees with liquid tempera paint.

INSTALLED!!!!!!

Our 50th Anniversary Mural is now installed in our main hallway!

Please take a peek upon entering the building. A special thanks goes out to our Maintenance Department for the time and care they took preparing the mural for installation and ordering the special materials needed to do so!

Before installation a lexan covering had to be custom cut and then attached to the mural with rubber washers as spacers. Once secure it could then be secured to the wall.

This paper mosaic was created in the Spring of 2015 under the direction of Mrs, Penney. EVERY Farmingville Elementary School student received an opportunity to work on and add pieces to the mural.

Using thier hands....

4th Grade

OP ART

“HANDS”

Farmingville’s 4^th Grade Art Student’s learned about the Op art movement and also looked at art work created by Op artist’s Victor Vasarely and Bridget Riley. Op art, also known as optical art, is a style of visual art that uses optical illusions.

To create these Op art hands students utilized the element line, beginning at the edge of their paper with a straight line and then “bumping up” when the marker went over their hand. Students chose complimentary color combinations to create a pattern of color with their lines to add to the effect.

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A Farmingville Elementary community MURAL!

1. As a celebration of Farmingville's 50th Anniversary, every student at FES participated in the creation of a commemorative mural. To prepare, Mrs. Penney first explained what a mural was: 
2. A mural is any piece of artwork painted or applied directly on a wall, ceiling or other large permanent surface. A distinguishing characteristic of mural painting is that the architectural elements of the given space are harmoniously incorporated into the picture.
3. To prepare for it's creation some students created paper mosaics while others painted sheets of paper with acrylic paint that would be used to create the mural.

   
   

   
4. Mrs. Penney designed the mural and enlarged it using a grid method then painted it in a gray scale (Grayscale is a range of shades of gray without apparent color).
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    The painted paper was cut into various sizes and added by the students one piece at a time to create a large scale paper mosaic (Mosaic is the art of creating images with an assemblage of small pieces of colored glass, stone, or other materials).
   
   
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   On view at our 5th grade graduation!

   Stay tuned...the mural is scheduled to be installed over the summer and will be ready to greet our community and welcome back our students as they enter our building in August 2015.
   
   
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3^rd Grade 

ArchForKids 

3D Facades: 
All Around My Community

As an extension to their museum visit to the Katonah Museum of Art and in, Mrs. Penney arranged for 3rd grade visits to participate in a 2 day  studio unit with ArchForKids, an organization that brings engaging hands- on learning experiences grounded in architecture , design, engineering and urban planning.

 Third grade students became architects and engineers in training. They learned what constitutes an ideal community and then constructed 3D facades using pictures of buildings of their town.  Students worked in pairs or trio's to complete their structures and then places them on a street to create their own vision of an ideal community. 

 Their individual buildings  included many of the architectural details as well as some of the notable structures of Ridgefield.