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Using linear perspective, 5th graders learned how to create the illusion of space. We created a horizon line, vanishing point, and used vertical, horizontal, and diagonal lines to create the buildings. The cities came alive with details and watercolors. Project from Deep Space Sparkle.  
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Each student chose a community event to draw. Each drawing included 7 people and 7 details. We added color using oil pastels. A few examples of the events students chose: July 4th celebrations, friends at the pool, Halloween costume parties at school, playing in the park, and tractor shows. Artist inspiration: Georges Seurat    First, we painted the bumpy side of the leaves and printed them onto our black paper. Using SpongeBob, we added texture in fall colors around the leaves. We loved this project and the results are amazing! Thank you to Deep Space Sparkle for the great project!  Using a mirror, the students drew a self portrait using general portrait proportions (drawing our eyes in the middle of the face is the most difficult rule to put into practice!). They added details in the background to show their personal interests. Students used watercolors, crayons, or oil pastels to add color.                Students that finished early had the opportunity to create a spooky spider web. First, they drew a web on their white paper using a white crayon. It was challenging to see what they were drawing! A spider was added using a black crayon. Cool color watercolors were painted right over the top of their drawing and their web and spider appeared! This is called wax-resist.  2nd Graders played the role of architects and created a paper playground. Using paper lines and glue, students created steps, slides, teeter-totters, doors, and hopscotch. We made the lines stand up by giving them feet!    Kindergarten students created a line painting to music and added color using tempera cakes. Next, we glued the streamers to one side of the paper and created a cylinder using glue. We tried our best at tying the string on the top and tested our windsocks outside. The windsock tracks the wind!  One of the first weeks of school, the kinders learned the painting procedures for art class and painted a variety of black lines. We learned the order of the rainbow and added color in ROYGBV order. Thanks to Cassie Stephens for the line unit! Buffalo Elementary 5th graders are participating in the St. Ambrose "Make it Big IV" event. We received a 32" x 36" piece of linoleum. Professor Joseph Lappie came to Buffalo for a demonstration on the carving process. Each student created an image that represented a future goal and transferred their image to the piece of linoleum using carbon paper. Using linoleum cutters, the students carved out their design. Our linoleum was rolled with ink and printed by the drum roller at St. Ambrose. Kente Cloth is a traditional cloth woven on a loom in Ghana and the Ivory Coast. These African textiles inspired us to create our own Kente Cloth! After viewing a short video, the 4th graders learned how to make a symmetrical stencil by folding it in half, drawing their geometric shape, and then cutting it out. Using our stencil and tempera paint, we added our designs to our burlap in a 3 x 3 square. Students used a running stitch to add a border to their Kente Cloth. Thank you to Amy Clay for the lesson idea! |
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