Welcome to IST’s ES Art Information Site

Welcome to the International School of Tanganyika’s Elementary Campus Art Website. Here you will find what’s happening in Art classrooms, student work and much more. Please check back often and feel free to leave us a message with your ideas, links and good thoughts. Asante!

Art Week 2012: OceanTeen

Our aim was to have the children be mindful of life in the ocean and respect for all the creatures that live there. We tried to use as much recycled material as possible. Thank you to all the families that volunteered materials for our fanciful underwater creations.

We hope you enjoy the photos below:

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The IST Elementary Art Team
Ans – Minal – Gisela – Anthony – Kasanga

Tinga Tinga Art with Grade 4

Realistic Drawing of Animals with Grade 5

Grade 5 students looked at real photos of animals. They were asked to recognize the different basic shapes in each photo (for example, triangles, squares, rectangles, etc). The students then were asked to draw these basic shapes as the foundation for their work. From there, students were asked to look at the contour lines, light and dark shadows, textures and finally details of animal photos in order to complete their realistic drawings of animals.

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Monsters Invade The Art Room

Last week, garbage monsters created by Grade One classes invaded the Art room. They were made out of all the boxes, tubes and plastic bottles that were donated to the art room by parents. We read the book ‘Garbage Monsters’, and decided to make some ourselves! Some were happy, some funny but most were very scary! Thank goodness we were able to catch them all and display them in the library. Please go in and admire them!

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Grade Five drawing are also on display near the library. Above is a slideshow of student’s work. Please have a look at those too.

Minal Ramaiya and Ans Sleutjes
Art Teachers
IST Elementary Campus

Grade 5

The grade 5 students had a small study of Graffiti art. They created their own Graffiti style for their sketch books. At the moment we are still having a ongoing project, which we will publish later.

Asgars Graffitt

Albins Graffitt

Grade 4

muskaan's desert

Toulas icebergs

Before we had our fantastic start with the “struggle to share” unit, the students were involved in a small study of optical Illusions, from the graphic artist “M.C Escher”. They drew a design for their new sketch books.
With the new unit the students were involved with creating a 3D habitat of their 2D drawings. There were arctic conditions, sand dunes, savannas and tundras. They used cardboard,cereal boxes,egg trays,paints and anything else which they thought, would be useful to create a realistic environment. It was a wonderful opportunity for them to start seeing the objects in 3 dimensions.

Oona 's optical illusion

Grade 2

All the grade 2 students started the new year full of creativity and idea’s, when they studied their patterns for the label of the port folio’s. Some of them were so stunning that they could be used for wall paper designs!!
With the well known “Masai and I” unit the children made “still life” oil pastel drawings. They needed to observe the outlines, the positioning and the texture of the Masai objects very carefully. Which is not easy at this young age.
After the drawing activity we started making the Masai houses and their bomas of clay. Claying is one of the favorite subjects of the children. They concentrated on the slab, scroll and slip technique. When it was finished, they could paint it. A lot of children decided to paint it realistic, while others preferred the Masai colors or had their own ideas.

The first art units of the new school year: KG- Gr. 2- Gr.4- Gr.5

The KG children started happily making a paper collage of their own faces, by studying their features in the mirror. Some classes even created a ” ME” box or painted faces with happy,sad or angry faces. They improved their observing, cutting and gluing skills.

Grade 3- Step up to the plate

Grade Three classes making paper mache fruits and vegetables for their unit on healthy food.

Vansh, Adrianne and Elrad starting to paper mache a strawberry.

 

Urav, Jakopo and Carla creating their broccoli

 

Orlando and Fiona painting their papaya.

The Jungle at IST

All the IST students from EC classes to Grade Five, in total 530 students, participated in creating a “JUNGLE” on the IST Elementary Campus during the ‘Fine Arts Week’ in March.

Most of the beautiful animals, bugs, trees, flowers and leaves were made from recycled materials. Children from different grades worked together to create various parts of the jungle using wire, plaster of Paris, papier-maché, paint and other mixed media.

We have chosen the topic to highlight the disappearing forests around the world. IST students are learning more about what it means to take care of and appreciate nature!