The fifth grade artists in Mrs. Klein’s class have been studying the country of Pakistan in class. In the art room they each chose a famous piece of architecture from Pakistan and drew it as they saw it in their photo. They focused on adding as much detail from the building as they could. Then …
Fifth grade artists in Mrs. Hourani’s class have been studying the country of China for the world fair day. We looked at dishes and vases made during the Mind Dynasty of China (1368-1644). We learned about the characteristics of these dishes and what was usually painted on them. Then we used blue permanent marker …
Fifth grade artists in Ms. Kesserouani’s class have been studying Brazil for their world fair day. In the art room, they used what they had learned about Brazil to create silhouettes that might be in Brazil. We learned about what a silhouette is and how they can be created with light behind an object or person. …
Third grade artists have been studying the elements of art! These are the building blocks used by artists to create artwork. Each artist created an Elements of Art book with one page for each element. The first page was the element of line. Artists designed their heading with different kinds of line and then labeled …
Second grade artists in Mrs. Davidson’s class have been learning about the country of Morocco in class. They looked at Moroccan tiles in the art room. Each artist created their own tile design that was symmetrical. Then, they carved their design onto a piece of Styrofoam using a pencil. They used ink and a brayer …
Fourth grade artists started this art project by blending warm or cool colors of paint to create a sky. A ground was painted below the sky to show grass or snow. Then artists looked at the painting “The Tree of Life” by Gustav Klimt. Artists were inspired by the swirly tops of the tree …
Kindergarten artists created winter collages using painted papers. They began by painting a night sky. Some artists chose to add stars or snow. Then they painted papers and gave them different textures to look bumpy or smooth or rough. We learned about foreground and background in art class. Artists tried to show that some houses …
Kindergarten artists learned an African Zulu song in music class and looked at beautifully woven Zulu baskets in the art room. Each artist drew a basket and repeated some of the lines, shapes, and colors we have been learning about to create a pattern. Watercolor paint was used over the oil pastel patterns for a …
The second grade artists in Mrs. Beydoun’s class have been studying the country of India in their classroom. In the art room, artists looked at the elephants from India and how they are decorated during festivals and holidays. We learned how the elephant can represent wisdom in India and that elephants have very good memories! …
Fifth grade artists are learning about still lifes and used this art project to practice drawing objects that are in front of them. Everyone used their “artists’ eyes” and drew what they saw on their orchid plant. Then a wet-on-wet technique was used with watercolor paints in the background. Some artists chose to sprinkle salt …