Square 1 Art: Fine Art Fundraiser

It's time again to get great gifts for your family and support fine arts at Colham Ferry Elementary School!  Each child is bringing home an order form with their artwork on the cover and a whole sheet of stickers that are FREE.  Send in orders or even better order at Square1art.com .  Our school still gets credit for the order.  Check out what each grade made...

Kindergarten: Self-portraits

                                                           1st grade: Family Portraits

2nd grade: Self-portraits, When I grow up...

                                                                     3rd grade: Owls

                                         4th grade: Radial Name Designs (See post here)
                                                     
                                         5th grade:  Their choice of subject and materials

  

celebrate upcoming holidays with gifts that will be cherished for years to come. Purchase your child's artwork on useful keepsakes for any occasion or celebration. LAST DAY TO ORDER:10/28/2014

reminder: every order benefits your child's school

iPhone Case personalize Sports Bag personalize Waterbottle personalize

Shop now for unique and useful gifts!

Proceeds from this fundraiser support the budget for art and music at CFES.

Magritte Cloud Collage

How does a beautiful blue sky with fluffy white clouds make you feel?

In preparation for next summers renovations I have been cleaning out materials that have been stored in the closet for years, many have been here before I arrived 8 years ago!.  The art room receives some interesting donations...I found a roll of blue sky and clouds wall paper and I of course thought of the Belgium surrealist artist Rene Magritte (1898-1967).  As a class we discussed surrealism and I introduced some of Magritte's art focusing on his symbols: clouds, bowler hats, birds, green apples, umbrellas and pipes. We also talked about the humor in some of the artworks like Magritte's famous painting  "Ceci n'est pas une pipe" ("This is not a pipe"). We made a watercolor background and collages of symbols, some like Magritte and some original.