Ballantyne Elementary Art

11/26/2025

Fascinating article about the origins of color from Scholastic Arts! Enjoy!

Read about the origins of color.

10/27/2025

Second grade alebrijes! So colorful and fun!

10/27/2025

Beautiful fall leaf prints by third graders.

10/27/2025

Kindergarten robots with geometric shapes. The loved using metallic and flourescent paints!

10/27/2025

Ms. Truesdell’s third grade students did a fantastic job drawing her when she posed for them. Lots of talent in this class!

10/24/2025

Kindergartners used geometric shapes to create fun robots! They are learning about the Art Elements and how they are the “building blocks” of art. They loved using metallic and fluorescent paints to embellish their wonderful drawings!

10/23/2025

Some fun photos of the Boosterthon Fun Run!

10/23/2025

Fourth graders learned about African-American artist Alma Woodsey Thomas and her beautiful abstract works influenced by space travel as well as nature. They used Kwik Sticks (tempera paint sticks) to create their own interpretations in Thomas’ style.

10/23/2025

Third graders started the year off by posing and drawing gesture drawings of each other, which they really enjoyed! Then they had a surprise model they took more time to draw from life…can you pick out Mrs. Domkowski, Mrs. Chambers, Mrs. Street, Mrs. Truesdell, or Mrs. Zelinski?

10/23/2025

Second graders have been learning about the origins of alebrijes, colorful Mexican folk art sculptures created out of either paper mache or carved from wood. They had fun designing alebrijes of their own!

10/23/2025

Mrs. Dombkowski’s third graders made leaf prints using real leaves, brayers, and white printing ink. We discussed warm and cool colors, creating emphasis in artwork, and they colored the prints with color pencils. Presentation of art is important, and they tried each color of construction paper with their leaf before picking the one that made their work “pop.” Gold and silver markers were used to embellish the frame.

10/22/2025

Fifth graders learned about Vincent Van Gogh and used bingo daubers and Kwik Sticks to layer up their work to give it an expressionist style.