Psychedelic Owls!

Fourth grade artists learned some of the color and line qualities of the Psychedelic Art movement of the 1960's.  We translated this style into renderings of embellished owls.  Each student created his or her own owl design and we made photocopies of each owl.  They then hand colored all four copies to create these large, bold pieces.  They labored over the coloring for over 3 weeks, but the final result is worth it!

 

 

More Silhouettes by third grade, this time inspired by Van Gogh's Starry Night!

This is one of my favorite projects, and the students love it too!  Taking our inspiration from the swirling sky in Starry Night by Vincent Van Gogh, we use oil pastels on black paper to create a dynamic and textured background.  The students used a limited palate and could only use shades of their selected colors.  Next came the cityscape that they designed, cut out, and embellished with more of their oil pastels.  The result is impressive, and the process was really fun!

 

 

Sunset Silhouettes by Third Grade!

Chalk and cut paper collage were used to create these dynamic scenes by third grade artists.  We talked about silhouettes and learned about proportion, depth, and got really mess with chalk pastels!

 

 

First Grade Artist begin Color Theory with the Primary Colors!

Beginning a unit of projects on color theory, first graders were introduced to the primary colors.  It was explained that these three colors; red, yellow, and blue are the basic building blocks that make up all the other colors.  We also talked about how lines are the basic building blocks of drawing and we experimented with all different kinds of lines.  For our artworks, we combined a variety of lines with our three primary colors and created these abstract line paintings!  We also learned that the word abstract means not realistic!