Inspired by the artist Pedro Linares, students created their very own Alebrije creatures to honor Hispanic Heritage month in the art room.
5th graders used their one point perspective knowledge to create a spooky road leading to a haunted house. Students demonstrated their knowledge by creating larger trees in the foreground and smaller trees in the background.
5th Grade Better late than never! 5th grade students created their snowman styrofoam printing plates during the winter months, and on their last day of art class they were able to print them! Aren't they cute!
Fifth Grade Students explored printmaking today using plastic zip-lock bags. They applied paint directly to the plastic bag manipulating it with a paintbrush, scratching into it, and by overlapping colors. Students then placed the bag, paint side down, onto a white piece of paper. Some students did this process a few times to get overlapping designs. Here are some of the creative results!
Fifth grade students created a unique value scale to represent the moonlight in the sky. Students started with white for the moon and gradually added more blue to create darker values. After the sky was complete, students created silhouette trees in the foreground.
Students in 5th grade created ceramic pieces that utilized the technique of 'slip and score' to attach pieces together. 5th grade students are exploring the curious world of abstract art. For their first attempt at making artwork that doesn't look like anything, students used map of Illinois to find inspiration for their lines. Here, students are creating thumbnail sketches of different areas in Illinois. They will later pick their favorite sketch and transfer it to a final large scale drawing. Here are some final line drawings! Students painting their line drawings. Finished paintings!
Fourth and fifth grade students have been working hard at creating beautiful works of art for the Mexican Heritage Month assembly. Here are some examples of Day of the Dead sugar skull collages in progress! Sugar Skulls in ProgressStudent Artwork: Amate Bark Paintings Fourth and fifth graders learned about traditional Amate bark paintings that are created on paper made from tree bark. They then re-created their own bark paintings using the common color schemes and symbols found in Mexican folk art. Student Artwork:
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