Illuminated Letters

Our 5th grade artists are learning about illuminated manuscripts, and creating their own illuminated letters on vellum with gold paint! Here are some of their works in progress: 

Molin Art Show!

In conjunction with the Molin Winter Concert, we hung our first art show here at the Molin! This is one of two art shows we plan to have this year. The next will be in the spring. We can't wait!

Fore, Middle, and Background

Our 4th graders learned how to create the illusion of deep space within their pictures by using foreground, middle ground, and background in their fall-themed drawings.  After sketching out their compositions, they used scratch paper for the final project.  On their scratch paper they practiced using hatching and crosshatching, and using inventive textures.

One Point Perspective

One Point Perspective is an optical illusion artists use to create depth and 3 dimensionality in a picture.  Our 5th grade artists learned about vanishing points, and using rulers, pencils, sharpies and color they created their name in these bright, bold, 3D compositions.

 

Name Project

Molin students working on their first project.   These artworks are to be used for the PTO Original Works fundraiser in the spring.

Welcome back, Molin!!!

Dear Molin students and parents,

Welcome back to school!  We are so excited to begin another wonderful year of Art Education.  This year we finally have our beautiful new art rooms, and they were worth the wait.  We look forward to a year full of painting, drawing, clay, mixed media, and above all, creativity.

Abstract Expressionism

Abstract Expressionism focuses spontaneous, automatic or subconscious creation.  In the early 1900's, it moved the art world even further away from illustrative artwork, and allowed artists to paint invisible things- like music or emotion.  Frequently, in Abstract Expressionism, the emphasis is much less on the finished product and much more on the process involved in the art making.   The two artists we focused on for this lesson- Jackson Pollock and Wassily Kandinsky, both were inspired by music, and used it as an inspiration for their work.  Despite sharing the same muse, their work looks incredibly different!  

Our 4th Grade students were also inspired by music, and created abstract images which are just as expressive, and just as unique, as those of Pollack and Kandinsky.