~ FIFTH GRADE ART 2010-2011 UPDATE ~
Fifth Graders created line landscapes using a variety of types of lines, drew a still life using chalk pastels, learned about artist Picasso and cubist portraits and created a portrait with collage and oil pastels, drew a still life using chalk pastels, chose a Catholic icon to draw then paint, which satisfied the following Diocesan standards: Strand 1, C-1, PO-a (line in art), b, (color in art), and d, (form in art); C-2, PO-a, b, c, d, e, f; C-3, PO-1 (drawing), PO-2 (painting). Also, Strand 2, R-1, (understand and appreciate the place of art as it reflects our Catholic beliefs) and Strand 3, E-1, PO-a (explore relevancy to Catholic faith). C-5, PO-a, PO-b (safety and care of art materials); Strand 2, R-1 (understand place of art in historical and cultural context).
5th Grade Picasso portraits (not necessarily self-portraits!). Students combined the front view and side view of faces into one face the way Picasso did. We collaged some of the facial features from magazines, then used pastels to finish off the work, and came up with some wonderful masterpieces of our own!
(Samples from 2008-2009)
VAN GOGH (2009) ~ Fifth graders chose one of Vincent Van Gogh's paintings and painted their own version of it, making TINTS by mixing white paint with a color, and SHADES, by mixing black paint with a color. They painted the background first, then mixed colors and used short brush strokes to create texture in Van Gogh's style.
November 2008
The 4th, 5th & 6th graders are currently combining color theory with watercolor painting techniques. We are painting color wheels using watercover paint and have discovered that it is not as easy as we thought to create secondary and tertiary (intermediate) colors using only the primary color paints! We will end up our study of color by painting a watercolor landscape.
October 2008
In October we studied Jose Posada, a Mexican print artist who depicted people involved in various everyday activities but as skeletons, which are called calaveras. His purpose was to remind people that life on this earth is short, death is not the end. The 4th, 5th, and 6th graders made calaveras, Posada-style prints, by engraving with pencil onto styrofoam sheets, inking the styrofoam, then pressing paper on top of the inked sheets. The calavera prints, along with other items made in Spanish class for the school's Dia de los Muertos exhibit, were on display in the ramada until Monday, November 3.
August 2008
We started the year learning about the first element of design--line, and created line landscapes. First, students outlined shapes of mountains, hills, and fields, and filled in each shape with a variety of lines. Lines were repeated to create patterns.
