This year I took one of the projects and used it for Square 1 Art, which is a fundraiser that allows students and their families to buy items with their artwork on it.The nice thing about this fundraiser is even if the students do not purchase anything, they still get a sheet of sticker with their artwork on it. I'm trying to raise money to purchase a kiln for the school.
Sixth grade students learned about Chuck Close and how he creates portraits and
self-portraits out of smaller shapes/colors/designs. For their
self-portraits I took a photo of them. They then traced all the lines of
their photo to turn themselves into a line drawing. Next they traced
their line drawing onto a new piece of paper and went over their pencil
marks in Sharpie. Once they were done with that, students gridded out
their paper into 1"x1" squares and filled in each square with 8-10
different shapes/designs. Lastly, they colored in their shapes/designs
using two colors for each section, ie: hair, skin, background, clothes. Here's some pictures of students working on the self-portraits. We had to get creative because I only have a few light boxes!
Fifth grade students learned about John James Audubon and how he created hundreds of birds paintings from observation working to document the bird species of North America. Students chose an image of a bird like from a magazine to use as a reference photo. Students created a rough draft and then drew a final draft in pencil. After learning some techniques, students added color with oil pastels.
Fourth grade students learned about Op Art, which is art that creates the illusion of movement or hidden images. Students looked at some examples of different kinds of Op Art and used a step-by-step hand out to practice the different kinds of Op Art. Once they were comfortable, they started on their final drawing and used two colors to finish it.
Students in the Pathways class created artwork incorporating shape, line, and pattern. Students started by tracing shapes, then the added lines and patterns around the shapes. They emphasized their shapes by leaving them white and adding color to their lines and patterns.
