Color Wheels!

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Gorgeous #colorwheel collection by @faystonschool #elementaryartists

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Fabulous #colorwheel inspired by @keith_haring in @faystonschool #gradesfiveandsix art class #keithharing #elementaryart

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Andy Goldsworthy Inspired "Land Art"

Third and fourth graders examined the work of Scottish "land artist" Andy Goldsworthy.  Then we headed outside and gathered natural materials to create our own natural art. 

Painted Indian Elephants

Third and fourth graders were studying India in their classroom and were learning about the different festivals and holidays.  The tradition of painting elephants for the Elephant Festival in Jaipur was particularly interesting to students. We looked at many images, including photographs from this National Geographic article.  Artists filled their painted elephants with as many different patterns and colors as possible using Sharpie markers, liquid watercolor paint and Crayola construction paper crayons.

Collages inspired by Rex Ray by Grades 3 and 4

A few examples of Rex Ray's Collages:

Look for:

Warm and Cool Colors

Organic Shapes

Positive and Negative Space

Texture

Onomatopoiea Words inspired by Pop Artist Roy Lichtenstein

Pop Art!

In the 1950s and 1960s, young British and American

artists made popular culture their subject matter. 

By incorporating logos, brand names, television and

cartoon characters, and other consumer products 

into their work, these artists tested the boundaries

between art and everyday life. 

Roy Lichtenstein was one of the originators of this 

new pop movement. Fascinated by printed mass 

media—particularly newspaper advertising and 

cartoon or comic book illustration—Lichtenstein

developed a style characterized by bold lines, bright

colors, dot patterns, and sometimes words.

The art of today is all

around us. 

Roy Lichtenstein

"America's Worst Artist Ever??"


What is ONOMATOPOIEA?

"Splat, Giggle, Moo"


click here to learn more about Roy Lichtenstein from the National Gallery of Art

Our Favorite School Lunches

Third and fourth grade artists made thier favorite school lunches out of paper clay. They painted them with acrylic paint and glued them to cardboard lunch trays.

Color Wheels

 

Kindness Week Zentangle

#bekind #zentangle by #faystonschool #gradesthreeandfour for #kindnessweek

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Abstract Paintings inspired by Joan Miro

Third and fourth grade artists learned about Spanish artist Joan Miro.  We looked at examples of his work and identified the types of shapes, lines, colors and textures he used most frequently in his paintings.




Here are paintings made by third and fourth graders.  They worked in layers over several art classes. These paintings are on large paper. 

I should note that students photographed their own artwork using iPads and edited the photos for the best results.  This ties into our "Presenting" National Core Art Standard.

Portraits inspired by Sandra Silberzweig

Sandra Silberzweig is a contemporary artist from Toronto. She has a condition called synesthesia, which is a crossing of the senses.  This means that she may "hear" colors or "see" music.

Here is a poem she wrote called "When you are a synesthesia goddess ...... your day dreams are always in color"
I am a synesthesia goddess
I have no fear of color
It lives in my soul, dances in my heart
Spills out of my fingers flowing down a canvas
I can see your aura
Taste the color black
Feel the chill of the green wind
Smell blue butterflies
Hear the yellow rain
Life is never boring when inspiration is always around


Click here to read more about Sandra Silberzweig, the work she has done to share her experience with synesthesia and how she has turned this condition into a driving force for her creative work.


Silberzweig's paintings are bold, colorful and imaginative.  She primarily paints stylized, patterned-filled portraits. 

I worked with the third and fourth grade classes to create an assessment rubric for this lesson. We talked about what qualities artwork would need to get into the "Wowy-Zowy Zone." Students used this rubric to inspire revisions of their work and self-evaluate.  Click here to view this rubric.


Third and fourth grade artists looked at examples of Silberzweig's artwork, then created portraits inspired by her unique style.  We used chalk pastel and oil pastel and focused on choosing warm and cool color combinations and creating patterns.