There were several sixth graders who had artwork on display in the halls since they were in second or third grade. Thank you for helping us keep the halls of Switzer beautiful! There were also several sixth graders from one class that helped me create a beautiful piece of artwork for a special contest through the American Girl company, called "Elevate the Arts". Thank you to them for helping me create this awesome hot air balloon composition.
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For our last project of the year, the first graders learned how to draw a cartoon portrait. Before creating our portrait, we cut out a pair of sunglasses from black paper and glued it down. We also drew and colored backgrounds to make it look like we were outside.
The kindergarteners also created artwork using ice cream as their subject. After learning about famous American artist, Wayne Thiebaud, we cut paper into geometric and organic shapes to form our ice cream cones. When the glue was dry we created patterns in the background with crayons and around the frame with cut paper.
The third graders mixed a variety of tints and shades using tempera paint. After their paintings were dry, they cut out one cone and seven scoops of ice cream from the paper. The shapes were then arranged on a background to look like a yummy value scale, going from dark to light.
Fourth graders focused on geometric and organic shapes when creating these fun hamburger collages. First students drew a plate and a table cloth on a white piece of paper. Then they cut a variety of shapes out of different colors to look like a really tall hamburger. The last step was using markers to add details to their shapes.
First graders learned about texture and symmetry when creating these beautiful clay butterflies. After cutting a symmetrical butterfly shape, students were able to use a variety of tools such as popsicle sticks and buttons to press into the clay to create designs and textures. The last step was painting the butterflies with bright colors after they had been bisque fired.
Students in sixth grade created these awesome prints showing radial symmetry out of styrofoam and ink. First we created two background papers using oil pastels to show concentric circles and other shapes. Then we made our own stamps out of a small square piece of styrofoam and a pencil. When both parts were complete, students inked up their stamps and printed them four times on each background, rotating the stamp 90 degrees each time they printed to create radial symmetry.
After watching a short video on famous artist, Pablo Picasso, the first graders created these flower compositions. First we drew our hands in a realistic manner. Then we added flowers in a very simple style similar to Pablo Picasso. The finishing touch was adding the yellow frame with a word pattern as a design.
The fourth graders created these landscape paintings using black glue for the outline and liquid watercolor paints for the colors. We focused on using warm and cool colors and different sizes in our painting to show perspective.
Students in third grade learned about famous American artist, Georgia O'Keefe before making these clay flower bowls. We focused on using organic shapes for the bowl and creating textures to make them look like real flowers. After the bowls were bisque fired, students were able to glaze them with a variety of colors.
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