2015-16 LES 4th Grade Art
We ended the year as 4th grade artists by creating tile coasters for our summer sipping! Some of these kids ought to go in to business and sell their deisgns!!
Blue Dog
Blue Dog has been wildly popular since Louisiana artist George Rodrigue created the first painting of her. It began as paintings depiciting the life in the Bayou, along with it's folk lore of LupGaru-the werewolf dog. His paintings appeared to have a bluish cast to them and the name Blue Dog was born. From then on Rodrigue only painting his famous dog, but in a variety of colors, activities, and social statements. The task for the 4th graders was to draw the dog as Rodrigue had, but any color they chose. Then they could "costume" it to either represent things that they like to do or something they liked so it tells us something about them. The background could be simply painted or have something that also tells us about them. These were all painted with tempera paint.
Blue Dog has been wildly popular since Louisiana artist George Rodrigue created the first painting of her. It began as paintings depiciting the life in the Bayou, along with it's folk lore of LupGaru-the werewolf dog. His paintings appeared to have a bluish cast to them and the name Blue Dog was born. From then on Rodrigue only painting his famous dog, but in a variety of colors, activities, and social statements. The task for the 4th graders was to draw the dog as Rodrigue had, but any color they chose. Then they could "costume" it to either represent things that they like to do or something they liked so it tells us something about them. The background could be simply painted or have something that also tells us about them. These were all painted with tempera paint.
Exploring the Visual Art Standards of Looking, Thinking, Connecting, and Making
2014-15 4th Grade Art
Ugly Dolls!!
Such fun planning and making these toys turned into art.
Such fun planning and making these toys turned into art.
"Do You Want To Build A Snowman?"
The 4th Graders did! Using their knowledge about how to make works of art show distance and dimension, they created these fun winter scenes. They were able to show dimension through shading and shadows, and distance by placement and size.
The 4th Graders did! Using their knowledge about how to make works of art show distance and dimension, they created these fun winter scenes. They were able to show dimension through shading and shadows, and distance by placement and size.
TUBE WEAVING
A new "twist" from the traditional style of loom weaving was done by 4th graders this year. They first created looms using tp tubes, aluminum foil, tape and sharpies. After these were ready, the students began weaving on their new looms. Long tubes of yarn began appearing at the end of their weaving looms. What will these become once they are off the loom? That would be for the students to figure out next. Stay tuned to see what they come up with. Such fun!
A new "twist" from the traditional style of loom weaving was done by 4th graders this year. They first created looms using tp tubes, aluminum foil, tape and sharpies. After these were ready, the students began weaving on their new looms. Long tubes of yarn began appearing at the end of their weaving looms. What will these become once they are off the loom? That would be for the students to figure out next. Stay tuned to see what they come up with. Such fun!
This year the 4th graders started off by learning what Abstract art is. To abstract is to change something that already exists to make it different from it's natural form. Abstract could also be just the use of line, shape, and color with nothing in particular in mind to identify. We looked at works of art that have been done in this style and discovered the things that the artist changed to make their art Abstract. Below are a few examples that were shared with the students through a Power point presentation. The images were found on Google.
Below are some examples of the 4th graders abstract art. They were to chose a natural form and abstract it through the use of color, line, shape, or adding something to it that wouldn't ordinarily be there. We also talked about how artists create art that has meaning to them. Using a subject, color, material, etc. that they can relate to.
Fourth graders took on a challenge this year. They created their own "Ugly Dolls" after learning about the works of artist Jeff Coons. He took the idea of the toys he enjoyed as a child and made them into works of art. So the children drew their own idea of a doll that would be made out of fabric. They created a pattern, pinned it to felt fabric, cut it out, sewed and stuffed it making these unusual fun dolls. Each had to come up with a personality and story of how these creatures could be helpful in their lives as companions. These took them a very long time, but was so worth the time and effort they put into their work.
4th graders learned about containers through this pottery lesson. We explored what kinds of containers were in use throughout history, what they were used for, what materials were used to make them, finally how they may have been made. One of the earliest containers recorded in history was made from the earth-clay. They learned how to make clay containers in 3 different methods; pinch pot, coil pot, and slab pot. Then, after practicing, they come up with plans and deisgns for their own pots.
What can you make with "junk"? Well....4th grade showed what they can do! A stash of supplies rescued from recycle along, with buttons, beads, yarn, and so much more turned on the creative juices in these young artists. So much that could be made with these simple materials once the artistic problem solving began.