3rd grade Molas

3rd grade learned about Molas from Panama. Molas are layers of fabric made into a design,typically animals,and are made into clothing. The kuna Indians make Molas and are typically 2-7 layers of fabric in a variety of colors. We made ours out of paper and we cut out various shapes to create patterns. 

3rd grade ceramic leaves

These turned out amazing! Third graders learned how to use a rolling pin to roll out the clay. They used a leaf template to cut around to make their leaf. The leaf was put into a bowl to dry, taken out and then fired in the kiln. We used glaze to paint them then they were fired again. 

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3rd graders are making fall leaves out of clay.....

3rd grade Reflections of Fall

The 3rd graders learned the watercolor technique wet-on-wet. They got the bottom half of their paper wet a little at a time and got their watercolors wet. Using a small brush they touched the wet paint on the wet paper and the color "exploded" around the paper. They used cool colors to resemble water.

Two trees with bare branches were drawn on the top half, painted and folded in half to create a print or "reflection" on the bottom half of the paper. 

3rd grade warm and cool weaving

The third graders reviewed warm and cool colors by doing two deprecate paintings - one in all warm colors and the other in all cool colors. We started by drawing concentric circles in white crayon then painted over with our colors. The warm colored paper was cut to make our loom and the cool colored paper was cut into strips to weave into the warm colored paper. This was not only a great review of color but a great review on weaving as well. 

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!!

3rd grade Egyptian portraits

The 3rd graders began a unit on the art of Egypt in art class. We looked at ancient drawings and writing on the inside of pyramids. We talked about how the Egyptians painted people in a side profile view yet the body was facing forward and the head was to the side. We noticed that the eye of the portrait was always drawn from a front view even when the face was a profile view! Even though this is incorrect we drew portraits of Egyptian kings step by step and we too drew the eye from a front view. We outlined them in black Sharpie and then painted them. They turned out really nicely!!