In Fourth Grade students will learn about art in a new and fun way and build upon skills that they learned last year! It is important to me to keep the excitement of play that young students inherently have when it comes to making art but also teaching and instilling an understanding of what they are doing and foster a growth mindset when it comes to making art that has deeper meaning.

We will focus on answering the question "Should artist imitate what they see?" in fourth grade. This broad big idea will help students start to think about art in a new way and how we can learn from the work that artists create as well as how we can use their discoveries as a way to grow as artists ourselves. Students will learn how to come up with unique ideas inspired by artists that we talk about in class. Through this exploration students will be able to draw expressive gesture lines understand the characteristics of line and the "weight" that different lines carry within each work of art as well as how to use positive and negative space within their works of art. Students will explore shading techniques and how to make monochromatic works of art. Students will work more in 3D, exploring texture and new materials such as clay, paper mache and cardboard. Together we will explore many different beautifully illustrated books, such as Sky Color, Dot and Ish.

As the year progresses I will share all of the amazing work that the students complete on this webpage.

If ever you have any questions please do not hesitate to reach out!

Email: kelseygaulin@hpcsd.org