Art News!

     The sixth graders each mixed the 12 colors of the color wheel from the 3 primary colors using tempera paint. Then they created a composition showcasing “12 of something”. This was a difficult project with many steps. The students listened, worked hard, and did a wonderful job. Below are a couple of samples.

 

       Fifth grade started the year with a folded paper project assembled into a radial symmetry design. The surprise ending was that each color was assigned a numerical value. The students counted how many of each color they had used then multiplied by the assigned value and added to a total. 

 

  Next they created beautiful tissue paper flowers. The details were added with Sharpie. 

 

Fourth Grade started the year with crater pictures. These were done in black Sharpie trying to create a 3-dimensional illusion on a 2-dimensional page. The art imitated the Op. Art style popular in the 1950’s and 60’s. Op. Art is a style of art that use optical illusions as a basis for their pictures. The word Op. is short for optical. Below are examples of the student’s work.

The second project included radial symmetry and a construction paper design. 

The fourth graders recently made a “scratchboard” fall leaf picture. This was used to teach the principle of focus or the main part of the picture.