Friday, January 20, 2017
5th Grade Masks!
5th Grade Masks!
Our 5th graders are finishing up their masks this week, and they're looking terrific! We studied different masks from around the world, and were mostly inspired by African, Asian, Native American, and European masks. The students noticed the masks were symmetrical, had geometric and organic shapes, and although they varied from culture to culture, they still had much in common! Here are a few of the examples we looked at, of masks from around the world!
Materials:
Day 1: Looked at masks for inspiration. Then I have the students fold their pieces of construction paper with me, so I know they're folding them correctly. Then I show them how to draw a line from the top to the bottom to create the outline of their mask. After they have the desired shape, they cut it out and start adding features to their mask. I stress the importance of making their mask symmetrical, by folding their scrap paper and cutting out 2 things at once, to put on each side. I also stress the importance of layering paper, and how that looks so much better than just gluing on one thing! For instance, take a look at my example, especially the eyes...I layered 3-5 pieces of paper to make the eyes alone! I complete them by adding a tiny piece of white paper to add that extra little element, that makes them look even better!
Day 2: Continue to glue on details and staple one or each end of the mask, to make them a more 3-d. They can also add crimped paper or feathers to the top or bottom to add some finishing touches! I think the more they add, the better they look!
Here are some of our works in progress!
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| Nate & Annlee |
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| Katherine |
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| James |
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| Magnus |
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| Betzy |
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| Skyler |
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| Haleigh |
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| Evan |
Tuesday, December 13, 2016
Faculty Painting Night!
Faculty painting night with Mrs. Stacey!
Look how talented your teachers and principals are! As I've been telling you, you can use art long after you have left our school! Art is something that is all around us, and does not have to be your job to enjoy! Last Thursday night, some of the faculty got together to have a little fun before winter break. I taught them how to paint a snowman under a night sky, and they did a great job! Here are their beautiful works of art!
Hope everyone has a wonderful winter break!
Thursday, December 8, 2016
4th & 5th grade Blended Candy Canes
4th & 5th grade
Blended Candy Canes
As 5th graders are finishing their one point perspective pictures, they can start on a fun project that involves blending, and using one of my favorite mediums, oil pastels.
Here's a step by step tutorial on how to make them!
Friday, December 2, 2016
5th grade One Point Perspective Landscapes
5th grade
One Point Perspective Landscapes
For the past few weeks, 5th grade has been working on their one point perspective drawings.They have taken us quite a while, but they're turning out quite nicely! Before I started teaching the lesson, I gave them a piece of paper that asked about one point perspective, and then asked them to draw a picture of a road. Here's a few of their drawings before instruction.
For this project, we go through the steps (which there are a lot of) together.
We start with the horizon line, draw the vanishing point, create the road, and then the guide lines going to our vanishing point. (all together, with ruler and a pencil) I tell them they need to do trees on the left of their paper, but they can do something different on the right side of their paper. They can choose what type of tree, or cactus, they want to do and we draw them together. They can also choose what type of environment they want to do as well. Beach, desert, country, city, etc.
The next class, we focus on what they will put on the right side. I have how to draw building packets, how to draw fence packets, and I go over how to draw both on my document camera. I also demonstrate how to draw water at a distance. So many want to draw their water from a bird's eye view! There's so much you can do with this type project, but I wanted to keep it simple so I wouldn't overwhelm my 5th graders! We draw with pencil, trace with Sharpie markers, and color with Crayola Twistables.
Here are their papers, after instruction. They showed tremendous improvement, and did a marvelous job!
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| Katherine |
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| Betzy |
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| Penelope |
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| Bonny |
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| Miles |
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| Anthony |
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| Jayla |
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| Lucia |
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| SueAnn |
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