Tag Archives: Fourth Grade
Let It Snow at Geer Park
Fourth Grade Perspective Trains
The week before winter break, fourth grade artists created a 2-day winter train drawing that showed perspective! They learned how to draw a train that looked like it was moving towards the viewer by making it get smaller as it moved up the paper. Then they colored their drawing with chalk learning how to blend …
Fourth Grade Dinner Table Traditions
Fourth grade artists showed some of their family traditions as well as perspective with this drawing assignment! They learned a little about how the shapes of table tops, rugs, plates, and glasses might be changed if you are looking at them from different angles. Then they tried to draw their own family’s dinner traditions while …
Fourth Grade Multimedia Life Cycles
Fourth grade artists have been learning about different media in the art room! For this project, each artist chose a life cycle to show in their artwork. Each stage of the life cycle was created with a different material. We used oil pastels and tried to create the look of an oil painting by blending …
Kindness Magnets for Empty Bowls Fundraiser
While exploring reasons why people make art this year, fourth grade artists discussed ways that we could use our artwork to help others. Lucky for us, the Dearborn art department provides a wonderful opportunity for student artists to do this at our Empty Bowls Dinner! Each fourth grade artist designed and made small clay pieces …
Fourth Grade Relaxes with Zentangles
Fourth grade artists are exploring the question “Why do people make art?” this year. For our first project we are looking at a therapeutic or relaxing type of artwork: Zentangles! Some people make artwork as a way to feel calm, and zentangles were invented to do just this! After practicing zentangles, each artist drew a …
Welcome Back Mural
Welcome back to another wonderful year at Geer Park! Every artist in the school started this year by making 1/4 of a circle shape and filled it with designs and their initials. Then they worked together as a table to create a circle with each of their shapes. All of our individual pieces look nice …
Fourth Grade Stop Motion Animation Videos
For the last project of the year, fourth grade artists worked in groups to create a short stop motion video! With only a few art classes left, they worked together to create a short story using a storyboard, they designed and created characters, a set, and props, and then took photos for their animation. Some …
Student Art Show
This year we have 11 artists in Dearborn’s City Wide Student Art Show! The opening night is Wednesday, April 24th starting at 4:00 and the show will be up until May 29th. It is located in the Padzieski gallery in the Ford Community and Performing Arts Center. Stop by and see all of the wonderful …