3rd-5th grade Art Gallery

Pumpkins at Night

5th grade

What we learned:

• How to blend analogous colors of oil pastels

• Analogous = colors beside each other on the color wheel

• How to shade objects look 3-dimensional with shadows and highlights

• How to draw a 3-dimensional looking pumpkin

3rd grade

Contrast Collages

What we learned:

• Black and white are “high contrast” colors when they are put together

• Choosing lighter colors of watercolor circles results in “higher contrast” against the black background

• Collage = different papers cut and glued together to make a piece of art

• Practice cutting circles and strips (many students cut strips without drawing lines first!)

• How adding some “last details” in white colored pencil can make the collage more interesting

4th grade

Mixed Media Owls

What we learned:

• How to draw an owl

• How to blend oil pastels together to make vibrant eyes

• “Mixed Media” means artwork that is made from more than 2 materials. For this project, we used Sharpie markers, oil pastels, watercolor and construction paper.

• Having a choice in how to finish our project leads to beautiful and interesting results!

Splattered Paint Brushes

5th grade

What we learned:

• How to draw a variety of paintbrushes

• How to use a straightedge to draw straight bristles

• How to add shading with oil pastels & our fingers

• How to splatter liquid watercolor in a fun (and somewhat less messy) way!

4th grade

Geodes

Using watercolor paints, coarse salt and metallic sharpie markers, 4th graders created the effect of shimmering geodes. Then they filled in the background with creative shapes and patterns in black and white to create contrast with their colorful geodes.

Rainbow Line Design Drawings

3rd grade

What we learned:

• The correct order of the rainbow

• How to make a zig-zag line look 3-dimensional

• That contrast can make for an eye-catching display! We used only black & white line designs around the rainbows so that the colors would look brighter.

3rd grade Pear Paintings

What we learned:

• The Art Element Form and how it has 3 dimensions: length, width and height

• How 3-dimensional objects need Value: highlights, shadows and cast shadows

• How to blend paint colors

• How to make good color choices for the background by referencing the color wheel

3rd graders created

Winter Birds

In the style of artist Charley Harper

5th grade Weaving

The 5th graders learned how to weave small wall hangings this winter. They learned the terms of weaving: loom, warp & weft, as well as tabby weaving (what most people know as "under over weaving." We talked about color and texture choices and how weaving can be a work of art!

Shaded Snowpeople

3rd grade

What we learned:

• How to use the wet-on-wet watercolor technique to create a winter background

• How to add shading to circles to make them look 3-dimensional

• How to tear paper to look like the texture of snow

Sunflower Paintings

Inspired by the incredible Vincent van Gogh

5th grade

What we learned:

• How to draw “loose”sunflowers that show movement in the style of van Gogh

• How to draw petals that overlap, twist and turn

• How to choose colors that contrast and complement each other, just like van Gogh did in his painting Starry Night by using blues & purples to complement the yellows & oranges

• Interesting facts about van Gogh’s life

3rd graders created pumpkins in the style of contemporary artist Yayoi Kusama

What we learned:

• About the life and style of Yayoi Kusama

• How to draw a bumpy pumpkin

• How to create a “foil transfer” with washable markers, foil and water

Fall Landscape Collage

4th grade

What we learned:

• The 3 layers of a landscape are foreground, middleground and background

• How to create a ‘faded’ look with watercolor paints so that the sky gets lighter toward the horizon

• How to draw a 3-dimensional house

• How to create painted paper with textures

• How to draw fall trees in different styles

• How to create a collage!

Collage- artwork made with a variety of paper

3rd grade

Calaveras

Celebrating Día de los Muertos!

What we learned:

• That Día de los Muertos is a time where families, mostly from Mexico and Central America, gather to remember their loved ones who have died

• That Ofrendas are altars where family members put pictures of their loved ones as well as their favorite foods

• That sometimes calaveras (decorated sugar skulls) are placed on the ofrendas 

• How to draw a symmetrical skull using a fold-and-press method with oil pastels

• How to make tissue paper flowers

Splattered Paint Brushes

5th grade

What we learned:

• How to draw a variety of paintbrushes

• How to use a straightedge to draw straight bristles

• How to add shading with oil pastels & our fingers

• How to splatter liquid watercolor in a fun (and somewhat less messy) way!

Rainbow Line Design Drawings

3rd grade

What we learned:

• The correct order of the rainbow

• How to make a zig-zag line look 3-dimensional

• That contrast can make for an eye-catching display! We used only black & white line designs around the rainbows so that the colors would look brighter.

Fauve (wild beast!) Self-Portraits

{ 4th Grade }

What we learned:

• Fauve if a French term for “Wild Beasts”

• Fauvism was an art period where artists were using wild and unrealistic colors

• Self-Portraits are drawings that artists create of themselves

2024-2025 Gallery (from here up)

5th grade

Dessert Drawings

inspired by artist Wayne Thiebaud

What we learned:

• About the life and work of artist Wayne Thiebaud

• What Analogous colors are: colors next to each other on the color wheel

• How to blend Analogous colors together using oil pastels

• How to draw a variety of desserts 

• How to add shadows, highlights and cast shadows to make objects look 3-dimensional

4th graders 

Went on an imaginary night walk, 

inspired by the book Flashlight, by Lizi Boyd

What we learned:

• Contrast means the eye-catching effect you get when dark and light colors are beside each other, like black and white

• What animals you might see out at night

• How to draw a person in the style of artist Lizi Boyd

1-Point Perspective Cities

5th Grade

After learning about 1-point perspective (a drawing technique to make something look 3-dimensional), practicing and brainstorming, the 5th graders created their own fun & imaginative cities!