Bank+of+the+Arts+Student+Art+Show

In collaboration with the Bank of the Arts, Craven County Schools exhibit student artwork each year during “Youth Art Month”. The theme this year was “Elements of Art: Do You See What I See?". The following students had work in the art show: **2012:** Meckenzie:5th grade- Catlin- While working on a PBL on American Artist, Mackenzie looked at the work of George Catlin and created her version of his work. Tyler:5th grade- George Catlin- While working on a PBL on American Artist, Tyler looked at the work of George Catlin and created his version of his work. Steven:2nd grade- Life Cycle of a dragonfly and ladybug- Steven was studying about the life cycle of specific insects in his classroom. He made fingerprint ladybugs. He made a cut paper dragonfly out of shapes. Kassia:4th grade-Pirate drawing- While studying about N.C. Pirates, Kassia drew a picture of a pirate in art. She selected the out of left over Eric Carle paper which made it very interesting.  Angelo:4th grade- Eric Carle Animal - Angelo researched an animal while studying animals in science. He created an animal out of textured paper like the artist and illustrator Eric Carle.  Aliya: 3rd grade- Rabbit Shadow picture- Aliya created an animal drawing and its shadow while studying about the Sun and its Shadow in Science.  Jenny: 3rd grade- Plants and Flowers- Jenny painted a picture of a flower. She cut it out and added it to cut paper. She added texture to her picture with sand. She also showed the layers of soil. Joel:2nd grade- Leo Lionni Tico- Joel made his version of __Tico__. He used the same techniques that the illustrator used to create the original book. He made Tico out of cut paper. He used crayon resist for his background. Haley: 2nd grade- Leo Lionni Fish is Fish- Haley made her version of the fish and tadpole from the book __Fish is Fish__. She used texture plates and markers for the background and cut paper for the main characters.

**2011** **Bree**- 4th grade- Eric Carle Animal - Bree researched an animal while studying animals in science. She created an animal out of textured paper like the artist and illustrator Eric Carle. **Timberlyn**- grade- Horse Shadow picture- Timberlyn created an animal drawing and its shadow while studying about the Sun and its Shadow in Science. **Chris**- 3rd grade- Mike Artell Shadow- A famous artist and illustrator and author, Mike Artell visited AWE and shared with the students different techniques for drawing illustrations. Chris practiced some of his techniques with the cartoon Alien that he created. He exaggerated different body part to create his drawing of his alien. He splattered painted his background with paint to look like stars in the galaxy and added planets to show distance. **Jessel**l- 5th grade- Mike Artell and Keith Haring Action Figures- Jessell practiced some of the techniques that Mike Artell demonstrated on drawing stick figures and turning them into shape figures. She then alternated warm colors- red, yellow, and orange in a pattern until it exploded off the page. She used cool colors- blue, green, and purple- and created a pattern. **Jenny**- 2nd grade- Mike Artell Giant drawing- Jenny drew a picture of a giant exaggerating her feet. The body was medium size and the head was small. This made it look like a giant. She created a paper background making her giant larger than something. **Michayla**- 2nd grade- Paperbag Princess- Michayla made a castle symmetrically. She sponge painted the stone texture and added cut paper windows and doors and flags. She drew a picture of a dragon and painted it and added a cut paper eyeball. She created a paperbag puppet out of a paperbag. Brandon-4th grade- Pirate drawing- While studying about N.C. Pirates, Brandon drew a picture of a pirate in art. He selected the background of a ship. He included lots of details in his boat. He made textured water with blues, greens, and purple paint. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Mercedes**- Reflection picture- In math the fourth grade students study reflections or flips. In art the students make reflection pictures to give them another way of remembering a flip. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Mercedes selected a bird as her main character in her picture. She reflected cattails also into the water.