Superintendent Holiday Card Finalists

The following artworks from 1st grade to 5th grade were chosen as finalists from Falcon Pass to move on to the CCISD's Superintendent. Dr. Smith will choose artwork for his holiday cards from various elementary, intermediate, and high school students throughout the district.

5th Grade Pop Art

5th Grade created Pop Art projects inspired by Romero Brito.

1) Draw an object in the center of the paper
2) Add a pattern around or through the object
3) Outline with Sharpie
4) Color with colored pencils, crayons, and/or markers

3rd Grade - Warm/Cool Colored Hands

3rd graders created a warm/cool colored hands:

1) Trace hand onto paper

2) Draw a geometric shape that repeats until it goes off of the page

3) Outline with Sharpie

4) Color with markers, colored pencils, and/or markers (hand should contrast from the background)

2nd Grade - Birdhouse

2nd graders drew birdhouses, then attached a bird.

1st Grade - Elmer the Elephant

1st graders created an artwork inspired by the book "Elmer".

Kindergarten - Handprint Flowers

Kindergarteners painted the rainbow for their background, then they made flowers with their handprint.

4th Grade - Egyptian Portraits

4th Grade has been working on their Egyptian Portraits for their Art to Remember project. Some students decided to do animals or Egyptian figures instead; while other completely put their own spin on the project.

1) Draw portrait on black paper
2) Color with oil pastels
3) Paint some details with gold paint, let dry
4) Outline details with a black oil pastel, then carefully cut out
5) Paint background with watercolors, let dry
6) Glue portrait to background

3rd Grade - Molas

3rd Grade learned about South American molas. In Dulegaya, the Kuna's native language, mola means shirt or clothing. The mola originated with the tradition of Kuna women painting their bodies with geometrical designs, using available natural colors. In later years, these same designs were woven into cotton, and later still, sewn using cloth bought from the European settlers of Panama.

As part of a traditional costume of a Kuna woman, two mola panels are incorporated as front and back panels of a blouse. The full costume traditionally includes a patterned wrapped skirt (saburet), a red and yellow headscarf (musue), arm and leg beads (wini), a gold nose ring (olasu), and earrings in addition to the mola blouse (dulemor).

We created our molas from colored construction paper, scissors, and glue.

3rd Grade - Clay Masks

3rd Grade sculpted clay masks. They added color with Mayco Stroke and Coat glazes. Once the masks were finished, string was added so that the masks could be hung.

1st Grade - Pinch Pots

First Grade made clay pinch pots. Once they were fired, they added glaze using Amaco food safe, crystal glazes.