Artistic Freedom

WAUPACA LIBRARY ART SHOW PREVIEW 5TH GRADE CONTINUOUS LINE PORTRAITS EMPHASIS AND OVERLAPPING STILL-LIFE  GROUP PROJECT- BIKE STUDY 2 POINT PERSPECTIVE  LICHTENSTEIN HAND STUDY 4TH GRADE VEG. AND FRUIT MOSAIC FAUVIST PORTRAITS  TOOTHBRUSH STILL-LIFE  3RD GRADE POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE SHAPE CUTOUT   TEXTURE STUDY WITH METAL TOOLING OVERLAY  2ND GRADE  ERIC CARLE BEAR ERIC CARLE SHEEP GIRAFFE WITH CROSS-CURRICULAR LITERATURE UNIT     PIET MONDRIAN SQUARES WITH CIRCLE FRAMES 1ST GRADE TISSUE PAPER -COLOR MIXING STUDY  SQUID WEAVINGS LANDSCAPE- WARM AND COOL COLORS KINDERGARTEN  TISSUE PAPER PUMPKIN WITH LINE STUDY ERIC CARLE CARDINALS WITH BIRCH TREE MITTEN- PATTERNS AND OVERLAPPING   A COLOR OF HIS OWN - CHAMELEON WEAVING  ...

My 3rd graders learned about positive and negative space. We started out with a basic shape, and drew designs into the center of that shape. None of the designs could touch each other, or go from one side to another side of the shape. The students made basic and more complicated designs as you can see in the artwork about. No matter basic or complicated, the end product turned out great, and definitely catch your eye in the hallway.

So I started the third grade out this year with this never ending project. I want to start by saying that this project has a lot of high points, but for third grade it was too much. It taught texture, rulers, metal tooling, and tint… but took forever and would have been a major success with my 5th graders. With that said, I believe in pushing my students. The students that got the concepts succeeded and created something extremely exceptional, but that was only half the class. I feel that if I am unable to get 90 percent of my class to the same end product, then my lesson is not grade appropriate. 1. Texture on paper 2. Permanent marker 3. Aluminum  4. Aluminum tooling 5. Sand paper to remove ink on high points 6. Line up aluminum with the paper textures  If anyone wants the steps or process the students used to create these (written out in length), please comment and I will write back. Please let me know what you think.