The Art Program at Aldridge Elementary has four sessions a month.  It is an excellent oppertunity for the students to express themselves visually, to learn a variety of art skills and vocabulary, and to build confidence in an inventive atmosphere.

The students work with a variety of different materials such as paper, paint, chalks, clay, ink, papier mache, and pencils to create two dimensional and three dimensional art. The children will learn not only how to produce art, but will learn about the aesthetics, art history, and how to critique artwork from famous artists as well as their own.

The focus of the art lesson derives from artistic techniques and styles, the art elements and art principles, different cultural art, and topics discussed in class.  The TAKS & TEKS are also taught during each lesson. The main goal is for children to experience a wide variety of different things associated with art and to have a well rounded understanding of the art world.

This year the children view many famous works from artists such as Pablo Picasso, Vincent Van Gogh, Leonardo DaVinci, Georgia O'Keefe, Thomas Cole, Henri Matisse, Roy Litchenstein, Piet Mondrian, and many more.  We make exciting projects such as masks, landscape paintings, collages, linear perspective drawings, architectural drawings, clay sculptures, and drawings of animals.