Learning about Jackson Pollock has been fascinating! He once said, On the floor I am more at ease. I feel nearer, more part of the painting, since this way I can walk around it, work from the four sides and literally be in the painting. Flinging, dripping, slashing, and spattering, we energetically danced around our [...]

  Everyone likes to break the rules every once in while and, like famous abstract artist Jackson Pollock, that was exactly what our Ripplers set out to do! That’s right bloggers…Ms. Rogerson here!  Inviting you all on a journey to explore the world of art as our Ripplers have this past week. Students have been reviewing and discussing the seven [...]

You are lost the instant you know what the result will be.                                      ~ Juan Gris ~ Wednesday afternoons are filled with creativity, discovery and individuality. It’s our Art time! We have spent some time investigating portraits from both cubist and realistic view points. We started with cubism and looked at how facial features could [...]