Third graders looked at many different quilt patterns and used their knowledge of geometric shapes to design their own quilt. After looking at quilts across history and the quilt artist Faith Ringgold, students were able to use a classic pattern or create their own. They cut and glued their own paper quilt together which will be assembled and put on display outside their classrooms!
We discussed how music has mood and how we can represent that using colors, lines, and shapes. They filled in their wet bogus paper using chalk pastels while listening to three songs from different genres of music. The following class, we sealed in our drawings using mod podge.
Third grade learned about different perspectives and points of view in reading and applied that knowledge in art class. Each student either illustrated a scene from Cinderella, Stone Soup, or Pandora's Box from a different character's point of view with watercolors. We had to think about how the other characters might feel about what was happening around them!
After designing their building out of clay, third grade took to paper to create an advertisement for their location. Viewers needed to know what kind of building it was for and why they would like to go there.
Third graders designed a building with a specific purpose such as a hospital, school, hotel, restaurant, or a library. we then constructed the facade of the building using clay additive and subtractive techniques. Brightly colored glaze was our final touch!
Third graders were focused on theme in art! They worked together as a table to figure out what themes different works of art had in common and remembered how they could have a themed birthday party. They watched a clips featuring New York City at night and the Northern Lights as inspiration for creating their nighttime themed scene. Students used a wax resist method which meant the wax in the oil pastel repelled the water from the watercolor when they painted!
To start off the quarter, we talked about how the elements of art work like the foundation of a building in the art room. We focused on looking at artworks that used color, line, and shape well. Then following the same directions of three lines, three circles, one triangle, and a curved line coming out from the center of a circle, students created their drawings with marker. Everyone added their own embellishment and got to see how differently we can think and create!
Using the author illustrator Eric Carle for inspiration, students chose an animal to personify and create a character about. We then created painted papers using gadget printing with items such as forks, soda bottles, qtips, and marker caps. To bring our scene to life, students then composed a collage to show a scene from a story/journey their character took. After gluing was complete, students got together in groups to share their stories and their classmates predicted what came next!
Third graders looked at many different quilt patterns and used their knowledge of geometric shapes to design their own quilt square. After looking at quilts across history and the quilt artist Faith Ringgold, students were able to use a classic pattern or create their own. They cut and glued their own fabric square together which will be assembled into one class quilt and put on display outside their classrooms!
Third graders looked at different ways to express themselves. First, they drew a self-portrait keeping in mind facial proportions and expressions. They added some headphones on to their portraits to show that they were listening to music. Then we discussed how music has mood and how we can represent that using colors, lines, and shapes. They filled in the rest of their page using watercolor while listening to three songs from different genres of music.
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