Students in 1st grade read Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat by Javaka Steptoe, and identified different symbols and types of lines in Basquiat's work. Then, they picked a dinosaur shape to trace, added a crown, and colored it in. Next they painted their backgrounds, and finally, they chose symbols to add into the background with oil pastels and construction paper crayons. 

Students in 3rd grade had fun learning about Salvador Dali (especially his mustache) and Surrealism. They chose their own animal to create in the style of Dali's piece The Elephants.  They also experimented with wax resist by using crayons to color the animals, and watercolor for the background.

Students in 4th grade explored Wayne Theibaud's art and learned how to draw 3 different types of cake in 3D. Then, they created their own cake with any toppings they wanted to add, and finished by using oil pastels to color it. 

Students in 5th grade learned about Roy Lichtenstein and Pop art. They then created their own project by choosing an everyday object or word and drawing it in Pop art style. They added color by using markers to draw Ben-day dots, and painted the rest.