2017/18 Current Projects - 4-5

4 th  and 5 th  Grade Project Title:   Self Portrait Description: Students revisit self portrait drawing throughout elementary school to track their development.  Students reviewed the basics; how to draw facial features, where to place facial features.  It was important to include something to personalize their portrayal; glasses, hat, jewelry, etc.  Artists like Paul Klee and Vincent Van Gogh painted their faces multiple times throughout their lifetime.                                                            Vocabulary: self portrait facial features guidelines Resources: internet examples of self portraits from Van Gogh and Klee      Materials : pencils colored pencils water color pencils crayons Examples of student artwork:    ...

4 th  and 5 th  Grade Project Title: Egyptian Re poussé Description: 4th and 5th grade artists were intrigued by the artifacts found in the tombs of Egyptian rulers.  One type of artifact was jewelry worn by pharaohs and queens of the past. The lotus flower, the scarab and the cobra were popular motifs in ancient Egypt.  Students picked an image of their choosing to create a bas-relief of tooling foil.  An Egyptian design was added as a border to complete each piece.  Samples of this artistic style:                                                         Vocabulary: Repoussé Egyptian pharaohs scarab lotus flowers tooling foil Resources:  Book - Temple Cat  by Andrew Clements Seeker of Knowledge by James Rumford Materials : Felt Tooling foil markers ...