2023-2024 Projects: Click on the button to see 3rd Grade Art
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Parade Floats
Keith Haring Project
Third Grade artists studied the work of Keith Haring. We talked about complementary colors, how to balance a composition and how to show movement with line.
3-D Cakes
We learned:
-How to draw stacking 3 dimensional spheres
-how to imagine the foreshortening of an object
-ways to combine different lines or different medium to show texture
Project from Cassie Stephens
-How to draw stacking 3 dimensional spheres
-how to imagine the foreshortening of an object
-ways to combine different lines or different medium to show texture
Project from Cassie Stephens
Happy Memories inspired by Faith Ringgold
We learned:
-about the artist and author Faith Ringgold
-how to tell stories from our lives through art
-about the artist and author Faith Ringgold
-how to tell stories from our lives through art
Warm/Cool Landscapes
These landscapes were inspired by the artist Robin Mead. Students learned about foreground, middleground and background. We talked about how using warm and cool colors can separate spaces and how to create layers in a work of art.
Project from 2ArtChambers
Project from 2ArtChambers
Colorful Castles
We learned:
-how castles are made up of simple shapes
-how to create texture effects with crayon
-how to create blending effects with crayon
Project from Nic Hahn
-how castles are made up of simple shapes
-how to create texture effects with crayon
-how to create blending effects with crayon
Project from Nic Hahn
Lego Self Portraits
We learned about:
-self-portraits by famous artists
-changes in value
-ways of expressing our interests through art
-self-portraits by famous artists
-changes in value
-ways of expressing our interests through art
Value Penguins
We learned:
-how to create a wash with watercolors
-how to create a burst with watercolors
-basic steps to draw a penguin
-how to blend black and white pastels to create different values
-how to create a wash with watercolors
-how to create a burst with watercolors
-basic steps to draw a penguin
-how to blend black and white pastels to create different values
Monochromatic Dogs inspired by American artist George Rodrigue
We learned:
-color theory vocabulary: tint, shade, monochromatic
-the way an artist can change the meaning of a piece by changing just a few small details
-how to mix tints and shades, then use them to highlight our artwork
-primary and secondary colors
-color theory vocabulary: tint, shade, monochromatic
-the way an artist can change the meaning of a piece by changing just a few small details
-how to mix tints and shades, then use them to highlight our artwork
-primary and secondary colors
Cityscape Printmaking
We learned:
-how to makes prints with markers and foam
-how to draw buildings made of geometric shapes
-how to create a wash with acrylic paint
-how to makes prints with markers and foam
-how to draw buildings made of geometric shapes
-how to create a wash with acrylic paint
Family Portraits
We learned:
-face and body proportions
-how to draw a person
-how to overlap people or objects to make an interesting composition
Project from Nic Hahn
-face and body proportions
-how to draw a person
-how to overlap people or objects to make an interesting composition
Project from Nic Hahn
Past Projects
Clay Birds
Project from Cassie Stephens
Value Pumpkins
We learned:
-what tints, shades and hues are
-how to use lines to make an object look round
-how to use changes in value to make an object look round
-that tints are used where light is hitting an object and shades are used in the shadow
Project from Art with Mrs. Nguyen
-what tints, shades and hues are
-how to use lines to make an object look round
-how to use changes in value to make an object look round
-that tints are used where light is hitting an object and shades are used in the shadow
Project from Art with Mrs. Nguyen
Radial Symmetry Snowflakes Flakes
We learned:
-about “Snowflake Bentley” who was the first person to photograph snowflakes
-what real snowflakes look like
-that snowflakes usually have 6 sides
-about radial symmetry
Project from Art with Mrs. Nguyen
-about “Snowflake Bentley” who was the first person to photograph snowflakes
-what real snowflakes look like
-that snowflakes usually have 6 sides
-about radial symmetry
Project from Art with Mrs. Nguyen
Digital Illustration based on It Wasn't Me by Oliver Jeffers
We learned:
-how to create layers in a digital illustration
-how to make characters "say" something through pictures, lines or colors
-how to use transparency within our layers
Project from Nic Hahn
-how to create layers in a digital illustration
-how to make characters "say" something through pictures, lines or colors
-how to use transparency within our layers
Project from Nic Hahn