Objectives: Analyze Form and line variety in a still life through the practice of observational drawing.

Design and create a winter mug using a horizon line, line variety, patterns, texture, and watercolor techniques.

Students use a variety of mediums for this project including oil pastels, watercolor, construction paper and marker. We celebrated with a hot chocolate party!

Students' objective is to choose two artworks they would like to showcase at the Art Show. Students lay out all of their work and do a gallery walk, displaying their artwork for their classmates to see. This is a nice way for students to reflect on what they have accomplished, Students named their own artwork and created their own tag for the Art Show.

6th Grade Objectives:

Using a variety of clay techniques, design a Pop Art clay dish with raised edges and textured details, using craftsmanship in sculpting and painting.

As a class we discussed Pop Art and how it represented popular things during the 1950s/60s. Students discussed popular topics today, choosing things that are popular to them, then designing and creating them out of clay. Students learned clay techniques such as additive/subtractive relief, slip/score, kneading, smoothing, and more. 

5th Grade Objectives:

Build a paper mache Alebrijes fish colored  with acrylic paint designed with contrast, line variety, and craftsmanship.

Understand that Alebrijes are Mexican Folk Spirit Animals that were magically unique, originally created by Pedro Linares.

5th Grade Objectives:

• Demonstrate understanding of observational drawing by creating a contour line drawing of a still life pumpkin.

• Understand foreground, middle ground, and background, creating space within a artwork using overlapping.

• Using techniques practiced in this lesson, create your own Yayoi Kusama artwork with at least 1-3 pumpkins with balance and line variety using construction paper, scissors, glue, and markers. 

• Artists learned how to draw pumpkins using real still life pumpkins freshly picked. Artists drew these pumpkins on colorful paper, adding dots in the style of Yayoi Kusama. Afterwards, they used texture boards to paint and print texture onto their complimentary colored background. Students overlapped these pumpkins using space, creating a foreground, middle ground, and background.

American Gothic is a painting done by Grant Wood in 1930. In 1930, American Artists sought individuality from European Artists- creating unique artwork that reflects America. An example of this is American Gothic which portrayed American home life during the Great Depression. This artwork overtime became a subject of parodies.  Artists' objective was to create an American Gothic Parody with their favorite characters!

5th Grade Objective: Understand Color theory and color relationships, practicing watercolor techniques through the creation of a color wheel. 

Design a radial symmetrical color wheel using folding and cutting techniques.

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Objectives:

 Investigate Chinese New Year, understanding the difference between Eastern and Western Dragons.

Design an Eastern Chinese Dragon using texture and line variety.

Color your dragon using black sharpie to outline, oil pastel to add texture, and watercolor to demonstrate wax-resist, color mixing, and craftsmanship. 

If a student selected an Eastern Dragon (Chinese), they would choose a Chinese symbol representing them. If a student chose a Western Dragon (Medieval), they would use Medieval font to write a word that represented them.

Students helping decorate for the season!

Objectives: 

• Students will understand that medieval lanterns were used as a light source in the middle ages for ordinary people as well as for watchmen who would patrol the cities.

• Students will understand that medieval lanterns have patina surfaces, giving them an olden look.

• Students will create a medieval inspired lantern, using symmetrical cutting/coloring, patina, and gluing techniques.

Students Objectives:

• Discuss the color wheel, understanding there are color relationships.

• Demonstrate safe and respectful use of painting materials through the creation of a watercolor Medieval sun or moon.

Students learned the history of medieval suns and moons, and their part in astrology/zodiac signs today!

Student Objectives:

• Understand that illuminated letters designed by illuminators emphasized the importance of books in the Middle Ages.

• Design my own ornate illuminated lettered name with shapes, line, texture, and color using colored pencils, crayons, and markers.

• Practice craftsmanship by coloring with crayons, colored pencils, and markers.