Chamber of Commerce

Vettetastic Ribbon Cutting

DCMS Artists!

Celebrate our Vette!

The Finished Base

Finished At Last!

Students At Work!

We have a driver and a passenger!

Take a look at Scream and the Mona Lisa going out for a drive in their '57 corvette! This part was saved for me and I have had fun painting today and watching these two come alive. I can't wait to see the students reaction when they see this on Monday. Hope you are all having a great weekend....I'm painting:) and smiling:) Mrs. Soule

We're Painting Away!

Matissimo for Jorge

It was very interesting to see The Vettetastic Project in the Daily News. The project shows the students interest in the different artwork, artists, and Vettetastic corvette. Jorge is a student focusing on Matisse for the back. He has shown an interest in knowing more about Matisse and the other artists. Jorge and I have been talking about color, how you mix colors to make more vibrant tints. We discuss that artist mix colors to make many different types of colors (various greens). He adds yellow and white to lighten the color or by adding blue and black to darken the color. When he gets done mixing the color; he looks to see if it matches the color he used earlier. If not he thinks about the color and what other color he needs to add to make the exact color. Nice job Jorge "the Great"!

Front Page News!

FRONT PAGE!

The Bowling Green Daily News featured a wonderful front page story with pictures about our Vettetastic project.  I hope everyone saw the newspaper article.  I will have a copy on my classroom door soon!  Have a great Spring Break everyone!  Mrs. Soule

Starry Night by Vincent Van Gogh

Nathan has taken the lead in designing and finishing the Van Gogh.  Lots of little strokes, shades of blues and greens, and a few bright yellows!  Way to Gogh, Nathan!  

Teddy added some more to the cypress tree.  When he finished it looked awesome!  Dylan added more layers of the primary colors to the right side of the car. 

Starry Night by Vincent Van Gogh is one of the favorites of the students

Sarah paints the Georgia O'Keefe Poppies

Sarah has been working hard on the Georgia O'Keefe Poppies.  She began by applying lots of red and orange shades of paint.  Today she worked more on getting just the right tints and shades to match the original painting.  She has been amazed at how many different shades and tints of orange and red there are in these flowers!  

Explosion of Color

Painting has begun. Color has finally hit all sides of the Vettetastic corvette and stand. Monet's Water Lily's are turning out nicely. Megan and Jessica have been working on the Monet side since yesterday, accomplishing a lot in these two days. It is very important when doing art to take a break step back look at what you are doing and look at the artist's work. This way you have a chance to see how the artwork is turning out and what areas are working from the ones that might not be. Looking at the artist's work allows you to see all the colors they use and how they are incorporated into the picture. Jorge asked more questions about Monet so we showed him a book with pictures of his work allowing him to get a better visual understanding of the work being done on the Vettetastic corvette.

Megan takes over the Monet side!

Megan loves to paint!  I have been her art teacher for a long time (I taught her when I was the art teacher at Natcher elementary).  She has always loved art.  Today was a really good day for her.  She worked on the Monet side of the corvette during class and I could just tell she was enjoying it so much.  She told me that she would see me in the morning first thing (7:00) to paint some more.