Blast Off Rockets

Vocabulary: Movement, Warm & Cool Colors

Learning to draw a space shuttle and showing movement by diagonal placement 

Here, Near, Far

Vocabulary: Space/Distance

Showing distance by changing size and placement and color of trees

Story Quilts

Artist: Faith Ringgold

Drawing a memory of a time when God was watching over us.

Thiebaud Cupcakes

Artist: Wayne Thiebaud

Blending colors with chalk pastels in the style of Wayne Thiebaud

Tessellations

Vocabulary: Repetition

Artist: M.C. Escher

Repeating shapes in the style of Escher

Modigliani Portraits

Vocabulary: scale and proportion

Artist: Modigliani

Drawing a portrait in the style of Modigliani with exaggerated features.

Renaissance Hallway Perspective

Vocabulary: Perspective, Vanishing Point, Horizon Line

Learning the rules of perspective drawing while drawing the hallway

Cezanne Landscapes

Artist: Paul Cezanne

Using the cubist style of painting, students will draw a landscape depicted by Cezanne in one of his paintings

Linoleum Block Print

Learning how to create a linoleum block print, a printmaking technique