Allen Brook and Mansfield Art Studios

The painting above, made in '08-'09, depicts the old Williston train station. This is one of two images that depict historic buildings of our town. The children learned how to project an image, copy it onto canvas and observe angles, color values and tones and other details from the original black and white photos. They also imagined the colors of the building, sidewalks, train, clothing and surrounding landscape. The paintings hung for a while at Dorothy Alling Library and now are at Allen Brook School.




Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Colorful Cakes by Grades 1 & 2

Math and Art concepts were investigated while creating these vibrant cakes. Towards the end of the project, the children were introduced to  "Pop Art", through the playful images of Wayne Thiebaud. 



The artists practiced great restraint and patience in order to not eat the original cake. To see more cakes click on the link. http://www.slide.com/r/FJYH6Aef6T86XC9Cg7xgmeji34Zj_CgI?previous_view=mscd_embedded_url&view=original