2nd grade Kandinsky circles

The 2nd graders followed up their study of lines with a study of colors. We looked at the work of Russian artist Wassily Kandinsky.  Kandinsky was known for his purely abstract art consisting of lines, shapes and colors.  We recreated Kandinsky's circle painting by using the following color themes: primary, secondary, warm, cool, complementary colors and then the last set of circles were "their choice." We learned proper painting techniques as well as our color schemes. Oil pastels were used in the background of each set of circles. 

2nd grade paper sculptures

The 2nd graders reviewed various kinds of lines such as vertical, horizontal, zig zag, wavy, spiral and curved. We talked about how lines are everywhere and make up everything. We learned that a sculpture has form and is 3D. We created a sculpture using strips of colored paper to represent different kinds of lines. We said that our sculptures reminded us of roller coasters! 

3rd grade Picasso cubism face

The 3rd graders learned about the life and work of the Spanish artist Pablo Picasso. We particularly focused on his cubist paintings. Cubism is a style of art that looks like pieces of geometric shapes in a puzzle that are not put together correctly! 

We drew a face realistically, drew 5 lines through it and then colored in each section or piece. After the face was cut out, we cut it into 8 pieces and put it back together, leaving just a small space between each piece. They turned out well and the kids enjoyed seeing their face transform from realistic to abstract!!

4th grade petroglyphs and pictographs

The 4th grade is finishing up a project about Native American Rock Art. The Native Americans created petroglyphs (rock carvings) and pictographs (painted or drawn images) which tell stories with pictures and symbols. 

The students drew an animal on tag board, cut it out and taped it to brown paper. Using a beater, they rolled ink over the animal. When the animal was pulled off an outline remained. We used oil pastels to draw Native American symbols for our pictographs.  

The kids enjoyed this and the projects turned out great! Many are already on display in the 4th grade hall way!