Fourth grade artists learned how to draw using One-point perspective! This method of drawing shows things in a more three-dimensional way and shows how objects appear smaller the further they are from you. We started by practicing together to learn the steps and then each artist created their own scene using one point perspective. Then …
Fourth grade artists have been learning about the color wheel and the order of the colors, how to mix colors, and which ones are primary, secondary, and tertiary. Instead of painting a normal color wheel, each artist was able to come up with their own creative design that included a color wheel in it. After …
Fourth grade artists each created a self-portrait using a Fauvist style. We looked at artwork that is a part of the Fauvism movement and noticed how they used bright colors and had expressive brushstrokes. Each artist began by drawing themselves using what we learned about facial proportions. Then they painted their face using many colors …
Fourth grade artists in Ms. Kesserouani’s class created felt monsters! They began by designing their own monster from their imagination. Then they made a template and cut their monster shape from two pieces of felt. Details were added with felt and/or fabric paint, and the final step was to sew and stuff the monsters.
After learning about Claes Oldenburg, fourth grade artists looked at the Pop Art from other artists, including Andy Warhol. We looked at his prints that showed something from popular culture and repeated over and over again in the artwork. Each artist carved something they felt like they see over and over again in their world on …
Fourth grade artists have been learning about the Pop artist Claes Oldenburg and his soft sculptures. Each artist chose a food that they thought was popular or common in their community. They drew it as large as they could, twice, so that their sculpture had a front and a back. They painted their …
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 …
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 …
After creating chalk mandalas outside, each fourth grade artist created their own colored pencil mandala. We used radial symmetry with four or more lines of symmetry to make our mandalas.
Fourth grade artists looked at sand mandalas that were made in India as a form of relaxation or meditation. We saw how, even though MANY hours were put into making the detailed mandalas, when they were finished, the sand would blow away and would become a part of nature. We decided to make our own …