5th Grade Charcoal Shoes

5th Grade Charcoal Shoes:
     5th graders created realistic charcoal drawings of shoes. Students learned about and practiced creating a variety of values from light grey to black, adding details and visual texture to their work.

Learning Targets:
- I can create and show at least 5 different grey values in my drawing.
- I can combine a variety of shapes and lines to create a realistic drawing of my shoe.
- I can show careful use of craftsmanship in my work.

3rd Grade Non-Objective Paintings

3rd Grade Non-Objective Paintings:

     3rd Graders took a close look at some famous non-objective, abstract artists. Students used old paint sticks and acrylic paint to create a non-objective painting, based upon color and mark making. Charcoal was used to add details and extra markings to the work.

2nd Grade Clay Owls

2nd Grade Clay Owls:
      2nd graders learned how to construct a clay sculpture by using slabs of clay. Students learned how to flatten clay into a slab, how to use clay tools to cut out a variety of shapes, how to press textures into clay, and how to slip & score to attach clay pieces together.

The learning Targets for this project were:
- I can use and combine slabs of clay to create a 3-D sculpture.
- I can create actual texture.
- I can use the slip & score technique to attach one piece of clay to another.