Fourth grade artists have been busy printmaking in the art room this past week! We learned about abstract art and how it uses shapes, lines, and colors to create something new. Each artist drew and carved an abstract design into a small Styrofoam square. Then, they printed their designs 8 times to create a new design. …
Fourth grade artists each created their own color wheel with paint in the art room! But instead of a typical color wheel, they used their creativity to change something into a color wheel. Artists drew something round and divided it into 12 sections. They started by painting the primary colors, red, yellow, and blue. They …
Mrs. Iuliano’s class is learning all about Albania in their classroom! In the art room, artists looked at the different landscapes you might see in Albania. Each artist chose a landscape scene from Albania and used chalk pastels to draw and color.
Fourth grade artists in Mrs. Bublitz’s class are learning all about Malaysia! In art class, students each chose a piece of architecture from Malaysia and drew it with black marker. They focused on including as many details as they could. Next, students chose three analogous colors that are next to each other on the color …
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 …
Fourth grade artists started this project by reading a fable and writing their own short fable. The characters of their stories were animals and their stories taught a lesson or a moral. Then artists created their own version of Adire Eleko cloth with oil pastels and watercolor paints. They designed 8 or more symbols from their story …
Fourth grade artists started this project by drawing a deciduous tree. They focused on line variation, having the branches grow upwards, and making their lines get smaller as they went. Then we divided the paper into four sections to show each of the four seasons. Students showed how a deciduous tree might change in each season …
Fourth grade artists have been learning about perspective in art class. We learned techniques to make objects appear as though they are far away from us while others are close up. Artists all started by drawing a horizon line (where the ground meets the sky). Then they added a small dot on this line called the …
While studying LINE, an element of design, 4th graders created a drawing using LINE VARIATION. They included many types of lines as well as some thick and thin lines. Every student chose a landscape to draw using BIG simple shapes. Then they filled each space with different types of lines to …
At the beginning of autumn our 4th grade artists looked at the shapes and lines that appear in pumpkins and sunflowers and created a drawing with glue. When the glue was dry, they added color with chalk. We talked about how lights and shadows can show value and can give objects form (or a 3-D …