Here is an opportunity for your child to participate in the Google 4 Doodle contest. The theme for this year is "What Makes Me...Me", which celebrates self-expression by putting a modern twist on the age-old medium of the self portrait. By clicking on the link below, your child could have a chance to win:

1. Placement of their doodle art work on the Google home page
2. A $30,000 college scholarship
3. A $50,000 Google for Education technology grant for our school.  

How cool would it be if one of our HES talented students entered this contest and won?     ~Mr. G.
http://www.google.com/doodle4google

I'm pleased to share with you some wonderful examples of our third grade students still life pumpkins. We have been working on the elements of art, specifically value. Value is one of the seven elements of art. It deals with the lightness and darkness of a color. This is valuable information when drawing objects, so they have shadows and highlights which helps to make pictures look more three dimensional. I think you'll agree that our third grade students now have a better understanding of value within their pictures. Stay tuned for more beautiful art work from other grade levels using this important element of art. ~Mr. G

Our fourth grade students had a special treat drawing a model T as part of their landscape unit in art class. The famous artist, Georgia O!keefe was used as an inspiration for this lesson because she used her model T as a painting studio when she lived in New Mexico. (actually it was a model A she used) The students also are learning about the difference between foreground, middle ground and background and soon will be adding details such as trees, hills, mountains, pumpkins and animals. Although this project is in it's beginning stages, I can't wait to see them completed.
~Mr. G

Students in grade 3 recently learned the difference between the way artists create different types of portraits. Profiles, caricatures, self portraits and portraits of anyone in all different styles were compared, by looking at famous paintings in a turn and talk introduction. Each student was then given the challenge to draw themselves using mirrors once specific directions were give on how artists draw the eyes, nose and mouth realistically. Here are just a few of the many wonderful examples completed. I think you will agree, who needs cameras anymore! ~Mr.G.