Student Work

Hillcrest Intermediate School - 5th and 6th Grade

Hand Puppets

6th Grade: Elements and Principles of Design; Created a 2D design of their hand puppet heads; Turned 2D designs into a 3D armature, placing a final layer of plaster cloth into the armature to finalized the sculpture; Painted head of hand puppet sculpture; Sewed hand puppet body.

Green screen technology was then used to created Puppet Show videos with puppet play scripts that were created during Enrichment and Remediation class.

Play Script Development and Rehearsal - Green Screen Recording

Color Theory - Color Wheels

6th Grade: Develop a radially balanced design with each section of the color wheel; Use primary hues to create secondary and intermediate hues. Use hues to create tints and shades; Develop fine motor skills with painting techniques.

5th Grade: Use primary colors to create secondary and intermediate colors; Develop fine motor skills with painting techniques and stencils.

Adaptations:

Life Skills

Visual Impairment

(Use of textures in place of colors)

Weavings

5th Grade: Elements and Principles of Design; Weaving terminology; Fine motor skills with the use of materials and tools for weaving; Following sequence of directions; Functional versus non-functional art.

Adaptation:

Visual Impairment

(Addition of multiple textures.)

Relief Printmaking

6th Grade: Elements and Principles of Design; Develop artistic creativity and expression with personal design creation; Development of fine motor skills with the use of printmaking tools.

Relief Printmaking

5th Grade: Elements and Principles of Design; Develop artistic creativity and expression with a radial design creation; Development of fine motor skills with the use of printmaking tools; Analogous color scheme.

Adaptations:

Visual Impairment

(Adding textures to the ink of the relief print)

Paper Mola Design

5th Grade: Elements and Principles of Design; Incorporation of a plant, animal, or insect along with it's symbolic meaning and how it relates to the personality of the student; Development of skills with different art media; Develop fine motor skills with sewing techniques.

Adaptations:

Life Skills

Visual Impairment

(Working with textures on the sticky side of laminate tile.)

Norwin Middle School - 8th Grade

Ceramic Totem Pole

History of traditional pottery techniques of Native American Nations; Ceramic coil building, glazing, and firing; Turned 2D designs into a 3D sculptures; Elements and Principles of Design; Incorporation of a plant, animal, or insect along with its symbolic meaning.

2D Design

Elements and Principles of Design; Development of fine motor skills

3D Design - Connected to previous 2D design

Continuation of Elements and Principles of Design, Turned 2D designs into a 3D sculptures; Skills with template instructions (Box) and Exacto Knife

Color Theory - Watercolor

Watercolor Techniques (Masking out with Rubber Cement, Masking out with Masking Tape, Wet on Wet, Wet on Dry, Lifting out with Paper Towel, Salt, Toothbrush Texture, Scratching out with Exacto Knife);

Components of a Landscape; Creating Space with Size and Aerial Perspective