Contour Instrument Drawings

Our fifth grade students having been busy creating these amazing contour instrument drawings in art class! They are learning about contour lines, emphasis, complementary and analogous colors as well as Op Art! Way to go 5th grade!!!

Art Museum Perspective Drawings

During this lesson students learned about American artist, Norman Rockwell, and his famous illustrations. They used two-point perspective to create these wonderful museum paintings and then inserted a digital self-portrait into their work to make it appear as if they are viewing the art in their own museum designs.

It's Snowing in the Art Room

Our third through fifth graders had some fun with symmetry and snowflakes on the
last day before winter break! Check out some of their beautiful designs!

Reductive Printmaking

Our fifth-graders have been creating beautiful observational drawings of birds and now these fun and exciting prints through the medium of reductive printmaking.

Reductive Printmaking with Audubon

After learning about the art of John James Audubon, our fifth grade students drew birds from photos they observed in art class and then used their drawings to create these beautiful reductive prints.

5th Grade iPad Art

Here are a few examples of our 5th grade photos created in the Wordphoto app. Students photographed themselves in art class and then added adjectives to describe their personality. 

2-Point Perspective Castles

5th grade students learned about 2-point perspective in art class and then used many creative details as they created their own castle life scenes.

       

 

 

 

 

 

Cubist Reductive Prints

Fifth graders learned about famous artist Pablo Picasso and his cubist portraits that combine both a profile and a frontal view. They used this technique as their inspiration as they created reductive self-portrait prints.

    

5th Grade Gesture Sculptures

Fifth Grade students studied gesture drawings and the sculptures of George Segal. Students then created their own gesture sculptures showing a specific activity or feeling using aluminum foil. Shadows of the sculptures as well as patterns were added to the base to complete these exciting works of art!

 

 

 

Hot or Cool Shoes

This lesson incorporated both contour line drawings as well as color theory as 5th grade students drew shoes from observation and then filled their background with many creative details to create a setting for their shoes. Students then used contrasting warm and cool colors as they completed their works of art using water colors.