Sixth grade 

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Islamic Calligraphy/Ottoman Tugra

The Ottoman Tugra is an Ottoman signature seal, usually of a sultan. The ottoman seal was used as a signature seal for documents, carved into architecture, and placed on coins during the Sultan’s reign. It’s basically a fancy Arabic signature with calligraphic designs and intricate patterns.


For our art project, students took the letters of their names and merged them together to make one design. Students manipulated and merged the letters in new ways. We started with thumbnail sketches to make sure our design was balanced and pleasing to the eye. Once the student settled on their design, they redrew it on a larger sheet of paper, traced the lines in sharpie and used paint to fill the shapes of their tugra with colorful designs and patterns.  Can you tell what the names are in these artworks?

Alleigh

Hudson

Alexis

Madison

Ava

Harper

Kynlee

Kennedy

Andrew

Kya

Estella

Izabel

Modern Twist on Egypt

Students talked about Egypt, sarcophagis and mummies.  They then traced a classmate, and worked in teams to create a modern version of a traditional Egyptian Sarcophagus. They also learned about what a Cartouche is and then created their own.

Alexis

Ava

Kynlee

Akira

Morgan

Kennedy

Mariea

Brody

Lyla

Harper

Ellyas

Bella

Leah

Kya

Sixth grade art students learned about the life and art of Tim Burton.  They looked at how his movies using puppets are made and how he draws out his characters for each movie that he directs.

Students then learned how to draw themselves in the style of Burton and shade their drawing to resemble the dark, monochromatic tones that Burton uses in many of his films.  Lastly, students used cardboard and paint to form a frame for their “burton-ized” self-portraits and voted on a Burton movie to watch during class. 

Kya

Charlie

Leah

Stormie

Kynlee

Owen

Alivia

Ryleigh

Bella W

Ava

Ashton

Kennedee

Taj Mahal

Before the end of the School year, 6th grade students will be visiting India in their Social Studies class.  

In Art, students looked at images of the actual TajMahal, practiced drawing it all on their own, and then learned how to break it down into shapes to draw it again.  They talked about symmetry within their drawing and how to use areas of the drawing such as window or wall height to be a road map to help them know where to add to their building.  

Students then used sharpie to outline their drawing and watercolor paint to add the contrast of color to negative space around their white buildings.

Harper

Kya

Charlie

Leah

Kynlee

Stormie

Kennedee

Alivia

Morgan

Owen

Alivia L

Lyla

Mariea

Hudson

Onomatopoeias

6th grade students learned what an Onomatopoeia was and created a list of words they thought fit.  Students then picked a word from the list to use as their artwork.  The class got inspiration from Comic Book Art and made their Onomatopoeias look like they belonged between the pages of their favorite graphic novel. 

Art to left by Dalton D

Dale Chihuly

Dale Chihuly

6th grade students read and watched some videos about Seattle glass artist, Dale Chihuly.  Chihuily uses blown glass to create natural looking forms that he then places within actual nature, such as inside a conservatory.  You can even see a Chihuly in the Indianapolis Children’s Museum. 


Students brought in empty water and soda bottles that they then painted using color families such as primary or secondary.  They cut and glued the bottles together to form their own Chihuly inspired Organic forms.

Chinese Blue Flower Vases

6th grade students looked at examples of traditional blue-flower vases from China.  They were then able to design their own vase and choose which media to use to add blue to their vase drawing.  After adding a table surface and branches, students used the bottom of a plastic bottle to "print" their cherry blossom petals and later finished the center of their flowers using acrylic paint.

Wayne Thiebaud Food Paintings

6th grade students learned about Pop artist Wayne Thiebaud who was well known for painting food as if they were in a display case.  Wayne would use a very plain background and a blue shadow as a way to highlight and food and make a statement about excess in America.  

Students were asked to draw a favorite food large enough to fill a sheet of paper, and use sharpies and oil pastels to add outlines and textures to their food.  They then used watercolor paint to fill their food, shadow and background with a variety of dark and light tones.