Fifth grade artists began this school year by learning about the art of graffiti. We looked at different styles and how an artist can communicate through their choices in styles, colors, and details. Each artist practiced different styles of graffiti writing and then made their own style that they felt described their personality. They wrote …
Fifth grade artists ended their school year with an OP art project, and some artists had time to squeeze in one or two more extra projects. We looked at different optical illusions and OP art that appeared to be moving but wasn’t or that tricked our eyes into thinking something was happening that really wasn’t. …
Fifth grade artists did some weaving this year, too! They turned a piece of a frame matt into a loom by measuring and cutting notches on each side and adding a warp string. They learned how to add shapes and fringe and some artists learned a soumak stitch. They were all able to use these …
Fifth grade artists learned about the artist Chuck Close in the art room! We looked at his grid portraits and his fingerprint portraits and used these as an inspiration for our own self-portraits! Each artist began by making a mini self portrait using a photo as a reference as a way to practice drawing their …
Fifth grade artists are learning about positive and negative space in the art room! Each artist made a Notan artwork. They started with a square of paper and cut out shapes from all four sides, flipped them over, and glued them to the outside of their square. We started by practicing a Notan during …
Fifth grade created Chinese New Year dragons to celebrate the Chinese New Year on January 28th of this year. They began by making an origami dragon head. Then they created a body and added some decorations. Each artist stuck to an analogous color scheme, where they only used three colors that are next to each …
Fifth grade artists have been learning about cropping a composition in the art room. We talked about different reasons why an artist would choose to bring focus to part of a subject matter, or why they would crop an image to create emphasis. They also have been learning about oil pastels, why they were invented and …
Fifth grade artists learned about showing movement in artwork, sculpture, and the artist Alberto Giacometti. They began by posing and creating gesture drawings of each other. The gesture drawings were quick drawings to show what the body is doing as it is moving and does not include any details. They chose one of their gesture …
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 …
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 …