Fourth Grade 2022-23

Welcome to the Fourth Grade Art Page!

Fourth grade has art class once a week, Wednesdays from 1:30-2:30. We use the elements (lines, shapes, colors, etc.) and the principles of art (balance, emphasis, contrast, etc.) to make artwork that is interesting and well-designed, and are practicing using many different types of art materials. We also learn about how art and artists can help us understand more about God's world. I will be posting pictures of fourth grade artwork on this page, so parents, please visit often to see what your children have been doing in art class!

Animal Groups

Fourth graders created animal-shaped stencils by cutting tagboard with X-acto knives. They then used the stencils to create colorful multiple images of the animals.

Standards:

1.c. I can create art that explores and demonstrates understanding of the principles of art.

1.d. I can demonstrate the proper use of visual art tools and mediums appropriate to the current project.

What we are doing:

Fourth graders learned about the difference between realistic, abstract, and non-objective art. They learned that abstract art comes from a real life idea, but is changed artistically. We looked at many examples, including the work of artist Thom Pastrano, who created abstract art by deconstructing familiar characters and putting them back together in different ways. The students then chose their own characters to deconstruct and reassemble as a paper collage.

Standards:

1.e. I can create art in the same style as a professional artist or movement and identify connections to the original work.

2.d. I can discuss how art can represent ideas and convey meaning verbally and non-verbally.

3.a. I can describe art work using grade level art terminology.

What we are doing:

Students chose a sport that they like, and used the ball to create the head of a cartoon character. Their drawings include a setting, and characters are dressed to fit the sport.

What we are doing:

The fourth graders looked at some of the work of artist Peter Max and how he used bright colors and contrast to create his bold, colorful paintings. They also saw how color can be used to create a mood or feeling in a piece of artwork. The students created their own colorful landscape paintings inspired by the style of Peter Max.

Standards:

1.e. I can create art in the same style as a professional artist or movement and identify connections to the original work.

2.a. I can create art that communicates or evokes a specific emotion, mood, feeling or reaction.

What we are doing:

Fourth graders are working with origami and radial symmetry to create paper relief sculpture designs.

What we are doing:

We looked at the work of artist Wayne Thiebaud, who just died last year at age 101. Thiebaud painted cakes, pies, and other treats in repetition. The fourth graders created drawings of cakes and donuts to explore form, value, space, and repetition in two-dimensional artwork.

Standards:

1.c. I can create art that explores and demonstrates understanding of the principles of art.

1.e. I can create art in the same style as a professional artist or movement and identify connections to the original work.

What we are doing:

The fourth graders combined observation and communication by choosing letters from the ASL sign language alphabet, then observing and drawing their own hands forming the letters they chose. They also chose shapes and colors to create contrasting backgrounds for their hand drawings.

Standards:

1.c. I can create art that explores and demonstrates understanding of the principles of art.

2.c. I can, through my art, communicate a message, story or statement.

Merry Christmas!

Third and fourth grade students collaborated on a large Christmas tree mural that is hanging in the hallway across from the art room. Each table group decorated a tree with paint and cut paper shapes, then all of the trees were arranged on a paper background.

What we are doing:

Fourth graders worked with the art elements of line, value, and color. They made contour line drawings of a variety of paintbrushes, used pencils and blending stumps to create shadows, then added color to their drawings with liquid watercolors.

Standard:

1.b. I can create art that explores and demonstrates understanding of the elements of art.

What we are doing:

Fourth graders worked with circles, lines, and complementary colors to create an abstract design focused on the elements of art.

Standards:

1.b. I can create art that explores and demonstrates understanding of the elements of art.

What we are doing:

4th graders made and cut clay slabs, applied textures, and formed them into cylinders to create castles. Some students added moats, bridges, and other details to make their castles interesting.

Standards:

1.a. I can create two- and three-dimensional works of art that are inspired by my own ideas, interests, points of view, environment, and community.

1.d. I can demonstrate the proper use of visual art tools and mediums appropriate to the current project.

What we're doing:

Self portrait as a Minion: 4th graders drew Minions with their own characteristics, personalities, interests, and settings.

Standards:

1.a. I can create two- and three-dimensional works of art that are inspired by my own ideas, interests, points of view, environment, and community.

1.d. I can demonstrate the proper use of visual art tools and mediums appropriate to the current project.

What we are doing:

The 4th graders looked at some of the work of artist Georgia O'Keeffe, and saw how she could show us the beauty of some of the small details of God's creation by magnifying them and creating large paintings. Her idea was to help people take a closer look at things they might not otherwise notice. The 4th grade students took a close look at some insect photos and created these close-up, larger-than-life watercolor paintings.

What we are doing:

Fourth grade is continuing their study of perspective in art class. They learned how overlapping, size, placement, and detail can all be used to create the illusion of space on a flat surface. They also worked on a simple painting using different values of the same color to show atmospheric perspective.