Art

Creating Dreams from Paper

The art room — the center of visual art activities — and a reflection of life at Rossman School.

Here children learn to create artworks they never dreamed possible, and in the process they learn how limitless their own abilities are.

Children produce every piece of the art that is displayed throughout the school — not just the pieces hanging in the Children’s Art Gallery, but those that fill the hallways and cover the office walls.

Pastel watercolors, bright colored tempera paintings, handbuilt ceramics, masks, paper creations — every medium is explored. The results will leave you breathless, and if you are a Rossman parent, you'll have plenty of your own child’s creations to decorate your home.

Teacher
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Gail Crosson

Grades Taught and Length of Class Periods

Grade 1 through Grade 6 – 45 minutes twice per week

Grade 1

• Multi-sensory experiences – perceive and name colors,
textures, shapes, line
• Learn basic skills in using medium for painting, collage,
printmaking, sculpture

Grade 2 and Grade 3

• Emphasis on imagination
• Make intentional choices of line, color and other visual
elements
• Emphasis on shapes-design

Grade 4 and Grade 5

• Students create more complex works of art 
• Use design concepts for specific purposes
• Apply and refine skills developed in earlier grades

Grade 6

• Use skills from previous levels
• Incorporate principles and elements of design to create two
and three dimensional art

Varieties of Materials Used

Clay – whistles, masks, ports, mugs, etc
Watercolor, tempera and acrylic paints
Weaving
Papermaking
Printmaking
Paper crafts
Bookmarking
Fabrics – puppets, sculpture
Crayons, markers
Metal tooling sheets
Paper mâché
Wood