In 4th grade, students learn about different animal adaptations and ecosystems. We integrated these topics into our art class for one of our most exciting projects! Students discovered how camouflage works as a valuable adaptation and how texture is important for camouflage to work best. Students painted their animal or plant print and then camouflaged their hand to blend in with their artwork so their final art piece was a digital photograph of their hand in their art.
Can you find the camouflaged hands?? Animal Adaptations – Adaptations help animal species survive in their environment. They can be physical or behavioral. Many animals have developed different things to help them survive like sharp claws or thick fur. Camouflage is a major animal adaptation that allows animals to blend in to their surroundings. Some animals blend in to hide from predators, while others use camouflage to sneak up on prey. Learning Target – Choose an animal that uses camouflage to survive in its ecosystem (or a plant that insects camouflage to look like) and paint its design and implied texture on a large zoomed-in scale. Then, choose an area to camouflage the artist’s hand with paint and take a digital photograph as the final artwork. Texture – Refers to the surface quality of an artwork. It is how something feels or how it looks like it feels. Texture can be real (tactile) or implied (visual). Real texture is how something actually feels to the touch. Implied texture is how the artist makes a smooth artwork look like it has been textured.
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2nd Grade Art Class had a great time learning about contour line drawing. We learned how contour lines are the edges of an object and that contour line drawings don't have any shading. Students discovered that they could even be continuous where they couldn't lift up their pencil during the drawing. We even tried blind contour drawing where they drew a classmate without looking at their paper! After students felt comfortable with contour line they drew a simple shape in the middle of their artwork and split up the positive (object) and negative (background) space into pieces. They used warm color tempera paint for the positive space and cool colors for the negative space.
6th Grade Art Class learned a new style of art with Zentangle. They learned many different Zentangle designs and were even able to create their own. They had to create a large organic shape and fill the space with Zentangle designs making sure each design was different and included shading.
4th Grade Art Class discovered the Willow Pattern and the fairy tale that explains it. We examined the pattern closely and picked out the pieces from the story and from the poem below. Each student picked a piece of the pattern and created their own painting on a plate zoomed in to one detail. They then had to create their own pattern for the border. For this project we learned about tints and shades as they were only able to use tints and shades of blue for their painting.
'Two birds flying high, A Chinese vessel, sailing by. A bridge with three men, sometimes four, A willow tree, hanging o'er. A Chinese temple, there it stands, Built upon the river sands. An apple tree, with apples on, A crooked fence to end my song.' |
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