3rd Grade Art

3rd grade students have art once every six days for the entire school year. They learn about artists, art movements, and different techniques through the use of a variety of materials.

Below are some projects students have done in past years and may do this year!

LOVE DESIGN

Students will learn about:

  • Robert Indiana

  • Patterns

  • Repetition

  • Lines

  • Emphasis

SURREALISM SILHOUETTES

Students will learn about:

  • RenĂ© Magritte

  • Surrealism

  • Painting Techniques

  • Positive & Negative Space

  • Value

  • Tints & Shades


KOI FISH

Students will learn about:

  • Iris Scott

  • Japanese Art

  • Drawing & Painting

  • Finger Painting Techniques

  • Warm vs. Cool Colors


FALL LANDSCAPE

Students will learn about:

  • Claude Monet

  • Impressionism

  • Painting Techniques

  • Landscape

    • Foreground

    • Middle ground

    • Background

  • Space & Depth

  • Cast Shadows


PAUL CEZANNE STILL LIFE

Students will learn about:

  • Paul Cezanne

  • Drawing & Painting

  • Still Life

  • Cropping

  • Overlapping

  • Tints & Shade


POP ART HEART

Students will learn about:

  • Jim Dine

  • Pop Art

  • Color Mixing

  • Shadows

  • Emphasis


HOT COCOA MUG COLLAGE

Students will learn about:

  • Megan Coyle

  • Collage

  • Warm vs. Cool Colors

  • Emphasis

  • Cast Shadows


CLIMBING FIGURES

Students will learn about:

  • Keith Haring

  • Pop Art

  • Sculpture

  • Repetition

  • Color

  • Figures

  • Proportion


JAPANESE PAGODA

Students will learn about:

  • Japanese Art

  • Vincent Van Gogh

  • Drawing & Painting

  • Emphasis

  • Lines

PANTHER COLLAGE

Students will learn about:

  • Henri Rousseau

  • Painting

  • Collage

  • Rainforest

  • Texture

  • Tints & Shades


EXPRESSIVE PORTRAITS

Students will learn about:

  • Henri Matisse

  • Fauvism

  • Contour Lines

  • Facial Features

  • Printing Techniques

ABSTRACT SCULPTURES

Students will learn about:

  • Alexander Calder

  • Abstract Art

  • Kinetic Art

  • Form

  • Shape

  • Color

  • Balance

RADIAL/LINE DESIGNS

Students will learn about:

  • Alma Woodsey Thomas

  • Abstract Art

  • Color

  • Line

  • Pattern

  • Repetition

  • Radial Symmetry

  • Balance

CHALK HEARTS

Students will learn about:

  • James Goldcrown

  • Street Art

  • Overlapping

  • Variety

  • Composition

  • Color

ALMOND BLOSSOM BRANCHES

Students will learn about:

  • Vincent Van Gogh

  • Post-Impressionism

  • Color

  • Texture

  • Form

  • Shape