Grade 5: DRAWING JOURNALS 2013-14

Why Drawing Journals?  Why not?

Drawing Journals Cover Designs by 5th Grade 

 

Sketch of human nose

Sketch of human eye

Sketching a human face

Brainstorming a Halloween drawing

Planning clay project

Grade 4: FREEFORM SCULPTURES

Freeform Sculptures

Students created these fabulous sculptures with markers and construction paper.  They began by drawing a very large freeform (organic) shape, filling the paper.  Then they divided the large Shape in to smaller Shapes.  Next, Patterns were made using Line, Shape and Color.  Finally, the individual sections were cut out and glued together to Form these colorful 3-D Sculptures.

3: FLUORESCENT FLOWERS

Learning target:

I can use a variety of clay techniques to create a 3D piece of artwork.

Third graders studied Form.   Form is one of the Elements of Art.  Then they explored three different clay techniques

to construct their flowers.  Slab method, rolling or pressing clay into a pancake like shape.  Coil method, rolling clay into a cylinder  and then forming it with the fingers.  Pinch pot method,  rolling the clay into a sphere then pressing a thumb into it and pinch the clay while working a circular motion to the top.   Students explored clay techniques to create these lovely fluorescent flowers.

3: DOG GONE IT

Learning targets:

I can create Contrast using the warm and cool Colors.

Students were inspired by George Rodrigue's artwork.  He is famous for his Blue Dog paintings.

Rodrigue was an American artist from New Iberia, LA.  His career started by painting Louisiana landscapes.   He attended the Art Center College of Design, and University of Louisiana at Lafayette.

2: COLORFUL CATS (LISD - Winkley Wolverines)

Learning targets:

To create and original piece of work and create Contrast using Color.

Students use the elements Line and Shape to create their colorful cats.   They were shown how to created a Contrast by using the warm and cool Colors.

2: ABSTRACT HOUSES

Learning targets:

I can identify the difference between abstract and realistic art.

I can identify the cool Colors and use them to create a mood in art.

Students observed and discussed abstract art.   After viewing the difference between abstract and realistic artwork, they created their version on an abstract home.  They were also introduced to the cool Colors in class.  These pieces of art were used in a school-wide are display for Autism Awareness.

1: ANIMALS IN ART

Learning targets:

I can identify five geometric shapes.

I can a piece of artwork using basic geometric shapes.

Students studied basic geometric Shapes in this lesson.  They used math shapes to create these funky monkeys. These young artists were inspired by the children's book, "I Love Monkey" by Suzanne Kaufman.

Learning targets:

I can identify cool Colors.

I can identify warm Colors.

I can use the warm and cool colors to create Contrast.

Student were inspired to learn about the warm and cool Colors after being introduced to a giraffe named Gerard.  We shared the story, "Giraffes Can't Dance" by Giles Andreae.  We also learned that bulling isn't cool!