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 …
On the first day of art class this year each artist practiced our art room procedures. Then, everyone made their own monochromatic self portrait for our Welcome Back Mural. We learned that monochromatic means ‘one color’ and we colored our self portraits with just one color. A self-portrait is a picture an artist draws of themselves! Once …
Fifth grade artists looked at artwork that shows optical illusions for the last day of art class this year. We noticed how making shapes smaller, or moving lines a certain way can trick our eyes into thinking we are seeing something that we are not. Each artist chose one of the six op art options …
Fifth grade artists worked on self portraits for their last project of the school year. They began by making their paper look like a phone, tablet, or computer. Then they drew themselves as if they had taken a selfie and made it the background image. Everyone added apps that showed things they like to do. …
Fifth grade artists read the book “My Hands Sing the Blues” by Jeanne Walker Harvey and illustrated by Elizabeth Zunon. The book shows the early life of mixed-media collage artist, Romare Bearden. After looking at more of Romare Bearden’s mixed media collages, each student sketched out a memory from their past. Using four or …
Fifth grade artists have been busy weaving in the art room! They started by making a loom from recycled cardboard. They had to measure, cut, and add a warp string. The warp strings are the strings that are vertical and help to hold the weaving together. Then artists began weaving by following an under, over, …
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. …
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 …