4th Grade Art

4th 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!

CHIHULY CIRCLES

Students will learn about:

  • Dale Chihuly

  • Concentric Circles

  • Overlapping

  • Colors

  • Collage

SEASCAPE PAINTING

Students will learn about:

  • Peter Max

  • Pop Art

  • Painting Techniques

  • Color

  • Horizon Line

  • Seascape/Landscape


PETER MAX FLAGS

Students will learn about:

  • Peter Max

  • Pop Art

  • Painting Techniques

  • Color

  • Lines

  • Repetition

PICASSO GUITARS

Students will learn about:

  • Pablo Picasso

  • Cubism

  • Mixed Media: Painting & Collage

  • Relief Sculpture

  • Recycled Art

  • Complementary Colors

  • Neutral Colors

  • Value


NATIVE AMERICAN MASKS

Students will learn about:

  • Native American Culture

  • Symmetry

  • Lines

  • Shapes

  • Patterns

DREAM CATCHER

Students will learn about:

  • Native American Culture

  • Symmetry

  • Balance

  • Symbols in Art

  • Value

CALLA LILIES

Students will learn about:

  • Diego Rivera

  • Mexican Art

  • Relief Sculpture

  • Drawing & Painting

  • Shape

  • Form


SURREALISTS CREATURES

Students will learn about:

  • Joan Miró

  • Surrealism

  • Abstract Art

  • Motifs

  • Repetition

  • Color

  • Relief sculpture


ANIMAL SILHOUETTES

Students will learn about:

  • Kara Walker

  • Contemporary art

  • Positive space

  • Negative space

  • Silhouettes

  • Warm vs. cool colors

  • Collage

BIRDS ON BRANCHES

Students will learn about:

  • Will Barnett

  • Positive space

  • Negative space

  • Silhouettes

  • Monochromatic

FLOWERS IN A VASE

Students will learn about:

  • Berthe Morisot

  • Impressionism

  • Painting

  • Collage

  • Shape

  • Form

  • Proportion

  • Texture

  • Color

MURAKAMI CHARACTERS

Students will learn about:

  • Takashi Murakami

  • Flat Art Movement

  • Characters

  • Features

  • Proportions

  • Color

  • Line

  • Repetition

GEODE PAINTINGS

Students will learn about:

  • Geodes and Nature

  • Science Connection

  • Lines

  • Repetition

  • Movement

  • Texture

  • Color