Fifth grade artists were introduced to the painting “American Gothic” by Grant Wood. After learning more about the painting and the artist they sketched ideas for their own painting that would be a parody of the original painting. They made sure to include the Gothic window and other elements from the original painting but changed …
Third grade artists have been learning about value in the art room. Value is an element of art. Each artist began by drawing three pumpkins that showed overlapping. Then they traced all of their pencil lines with glue. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKdFJC2jQOQ Then they practiced showing value with chalk by making a value scale and blending two …
Each artist created their own tessellation design in fifth grade! They began by making a stencil and traced it over and over so that it would fit together like a puzzle piece. Then they were able to get creative and turn their stencil shape into something by using their imagination. Many artists chose to create …
First grade artists created a pumpkin collage with all three of the secondary colors! They began by mixing two primary colors together to make a secondary color with tempera paints. They did this three times until they had all three secondary colors (violet, green, and orange). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GT9gxUjqYW8 They used the purple paper for their sky …
First and Second grade artists in Mrs. Salami’s class created Picasso-inspired self-portraits! After looking at some of Picasso’s cubist artwork, each artist drew themselves in a cubist style. They tried to show different parts of their faces from different points of view and changed some of the shapes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgZPN5SC5J8 Oil pastels were used to color …
Kindergarten artists have been learning about the primary colors in the art room! They began by looking at the artwork of Piet Mondrian, who had many paintings where the primary colors were used with black lines. Each artist drew a spider web with black lines and colored in the spaces with only the primary colors like …
Second grade artists are learning about texture in the art room. Texture is the way something feels when you touch it. There is real texture and implied texture in artwork. After reading a story, each artist drew a monster from their imagination using shapes and lines. They used oil pastels to add implied texture …
Third grade artists learned about still lifes in the art room! A still life is when an artist draws or paints objects that are right in front of them (things that stand still and are in “real life” so the artist can see all of the details). Third grade artists looked at Vincent …
Fifth grade artists began the year by reviewing the elements of LINE and COLOR. Each artist started by drawing a city-scape and creating patterns with lines inside of each building. They made sure to show line variation with the types and widths of lines to add interest to their piece. Each artist created a painted …
Fourth grade artists began the school year working with the element of LINE. Each artist drew a landscape and, instead of the normal details and texture of a landscape, they added Zentangle designs. After creating 8 or more Zentangle designs, each artist painted their sky with only warm or only cool colors and then painted …