October Project: Spooky Silhouettes

Project Attributes:

• Color blending our sunsets
• Print our silhouettes of fences, trees, plants, etc. using cardboard pieces
• Fore ground, middle ground, back ground
• Creating "mood" in a painting
• Writing piece - poetry developed to accompany our paintings

Art Materials

• Assorted tempera paints
• A variety of cardboard
• Black printers ink

Resources:

• Book - The Wisdom, by Oskar Lee
• Book - Sky Tree, by Thomas Locker

Student Work:

September Project: Stylized Birds

Project attributes:

• Practiced fine motor skills while cutting, tearing, gluing, layering & arranging.

• Multi-step directions – listening skills

• Creativity and design – how did you place and arrange your paper pieces?  What colors did you choose and why?

• Bird Anatomy – study of beaks and feet

Art Materials:

• Variety of Cut & Torn Paper,

• Paint,

• Feathers

Resources:

• Book – “Living Color”, Steve Jenkins

Art Vocabulary: Stylized art, texture, torn collage, layering

Student Work:

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