2023-2024 Projects: Click on the button to see 4th Grade Art
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Pinch Pot Monsters
Mary Blair Castles
We learned:
-about the artist Mary Blair
-how to combine shapes in architecture
-about creating different tones of colors
-about the artist Mary Blair
-how to combine shapes in architecture
-about creating different tones of colors
Koi Fish
We learned:
-about the Japanese myth of the Dragon's Gate
-steps for drawing Koi fish
-how to visualize a different perspective for a work of art
-about the Japanese myth of the Dragon's Gate
-steps for drawing Koi fish
-how to visualize a different perspective for a work of art
Op Art Project
We learned:
-about the artist Bridget Riley
-about the movement in Art History called Op Art
-how to make an optical illusion through shape, line and color
-about the artist Bridget Riley
-about the movement in Art History called Op Art
-how to make an optical illusion through shape, line and color
Project from Mrs. Allain Art
Winter Woodland Wreaths
Students learned some layering techniques with pastels to create these winter masterpieces! Lesson inspired by Art2Chambers and MsTiceisNice
Plates of Pies
4th and 5th graders learned about the art of Wayne Thiebaud and created these yummy works of art in his style. Lesson inspired by HowGrayThouArt
Cities on the Water
4th Graders looked at different types of architecture and spactial relationships to create buildings reflecting on the water.
Lesson from Nic Hahn
Lesson from Nic Hahn
Hundertwasser Inspired Architectural Landscapes
We learned:
-about Austrian artist and architect Friedensreich Hundertwasser
-that Hundertwasser likes curvy or organic lines and connecting architecture with nature
-to compare/contrast Hundertwasser's artwork with his architecture
-about Austrian artist and architect Friedensreich Hundertwasser
-that Hundertwasser likes curvy or organic lines and connecting architecture with nature
-to compare/contrast Hundertwasser's artwork with his architecture
Tessellation Monsters
We learned:
-about the art of M.C. Escher
-how to identify the three types of tessellations (reflection, rotation, translation)
-how to create a tessellation
Lesson from Art with Mrs. Nguyen
-about the art of M.C. Escher
-how to identify the three types of tessellations (reflection, rotation, translation)
-how to create a tessellation
Lesson from Art with Mrs. Nguyen
Art in Motion
We learned how to show motion in art:
-through action painting like Jackson Pollock
-by drawing figures in motion like Edgar Degas
-with color by using warm or cool colors to create a “burst”
-through action painting like Jackson Pollock
-by drawing figures in motion like Edgar Degas
-with color by using warm or cool colors to create a “burst”
Abstract Self Portraits
We learned:
-about facial proportions
-how to shade with different tones of colored pencils
-different properties of acrylic paint through experimentation
Project from Cassie Stephens
-about facial proportions
-how to shade with different tones of colored pencils
-different properties of acrylic paint through experimentation
Project from Cassie Stephens
Painted Pumpkins Inspired by Yayoi Kusama
We learned:
-about Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama
-what Complementary and Analogous color schemes are
-how to define Organic and Geometric shapes
-how to use use shapes to show form and dimension
-about Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama
-what Complementary and Analogous color schemes are
-how to define Organic and Geometric shapes
-how to use use shapes to show form and dimension
Value Lights
We learned:
-how to make objects look “hard” with pastels
-about Value (one of the Elements of Art)
-how to achieve different effects by blending
lesson from Art with Mrs. Nguyen
-how to make objects look “hard” with pastels
-about Value (one of the Elements of Art)
-how to achieve different effects by blending
lesson from Art with Mrs. Nguyen
Northern Lights
4th graders experimented with chalk pastels to try to replicate the colors of the Northern Lights.
Collaborative Winter Streets
We learned:
-how architects use different types of shapes in their designs
-what town houses are
-how artists can collaborate with each other
-how architects use different types of shapes in their designs
-what town houses are
-how artists can collaborate with each other