Winter is here!

We have started making all sorts of wonderful art inspired by the cold weather!  We have been learning about color, highlights and shadows, drawing complex shapes, so many wonderful concepts!  I will break them down when I get some extra time.  But for now, I wanted to post some pictures so you could enjoy them!  Bundle up and ENJOY!!

Here comes the SUN!

American Gothic Grandparents

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American Gothic Grandparents

In celebration of Grandparent's Day, 4th graders created a parody of the famous portrait "American Gothic" by Grant Wood. The famous pair is replaced with the students grandparents. Look for "clues" that tell you about these special people.

"Frightening Facades"

4th grade had a spooktacular time creating the front view (facade) of a house. After viewing different architectural elements they choose the style of roof, form of house, window and door shapes, and setting for their house. We looked at sample houses and discovered that they were drawn using just basic shapes like squares, triangles, and rectangles. Looking for basic shapes in sample house allowed them to see how combining basic shapes allows you to create a more complex shape such as a house. We drew our houses on black paper and then outlined our lines with glue! Day 2 we learned some cool chalk techniques such as blending and layering to create a spooky feel to our art. The results were frightenly fantastic not to mention frameable!!!