First Grade Toucans from Ecuador

First grade artists looked at the toucan bird that lives in Ecuador where it is warm and humid.  First grade students have also been learning a song from Ecuador in music class! The first step was to draw the toucan bird with pencils and trace the pencil lines with oil pastels. Next artists painted with watercolor paints. …

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Fifth Grade Origami Dragons

In preparation for the Chinese New Year (on February 8th this year), fifth grade artists have made Chinese New Year dragons! They started by watching a video of a Dragon Dance and learned about the meaning and significance. Then they created an origami dragon head.  Origami is the art of paper folding, and originated in Japan. …

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First Grade Guitars

First grade artists have been busy creating guitar collages! Students started by learning about the warm and cool color families.  Students used either all warm colors or all cool colors to paint a large sheet of paper. Recycled materials were used to add textures to the painted papers. Next, students began to learn about the …

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Fourth Grade Adire Eleko Cloths

Fourth grade artists started this project by reading a fable and writing their own short fable.  The characters of their stories were animals and their stories taught a lesson or a moral. Then artists created their own version of Adire Eleko cloth with oil pastels and watercolor paints.  They designed 8 or more symbols from their story …

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Fourth Grade Seasonal Trees

Fourth grade artists started this project by drawing a deciduous tree.  They focused on line variation, having the branches grow upwards, and making their lines get smaller as they went. Then we divided the paper into four sections to show each of the four seasons. Students showed how a deciduous tree might change in each season …

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Kindergarten Lions

Kindergarten artists have been creating works of art by using all of the shapes we have learned! We can draw anything if we first look to see what shapes it is made out of. For this project, students looked at lions from Africa, because they are learning a song from Africa in music class. We started …

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Fifth Grade Charcoal Masks

Fifth grade artists looked at masks from South Korea.  They learned about the many purposes and types of masks. For this project, we used only the masks from dances and plays.  Notice how all of the masks have a very exaggerated expression so that the audience could see the character’s emotion. Students started by drawing …

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