First Grade - Bugs

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   First Grade students have been closely looking at the structure of a bug. Bugs are symmetrical, meaning they are exactly the same on either side of their bodies. Bugs' bodies are composed of three parts: the head, the thorax, and the abdomen.
   
   
   In this project students were asked to...
   
   
1. Choose bug
2. Draw line of symmetry
3. Fold image on line of symmetry
4. Draw the head, thorax, and abdomen on paper in crayon. PRESS HARD!
5. Connect the drawing
6. Detail lines.
7. Add color in paint and oil pastel

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5th Grade-Fall Leaves

Fall Leaves

In these Works of art students in the 5th grade classes focused on one of the Principles of Art -emphasis. Emphasis is defined as the focus point in an artwork. An artist can create emphasis through cropping, color choice, and direction of line to name a few.

In this art project students chose an image of fall leaves. They were asked to crop the image using a viewfinder to create a point of emphasis. A viewfinder is a tool used by an artist to look through to help focus on the object they are drawing.  After the sketching, students used marker and oil pastel to enhance their artwork allowing the point of emphasis to clearly stand out.

1st Grade- Color Science Experiment

Building upon the previous project, first grade students are again thinking about color. In this project, students predicted the results of a color experiment. Together we added vinegar to baking soda and watercolor to create fuzzy experiments. Once we observed what secondary colors appeared, students drew beakers and filled them with primary colored watercolors. Students learned a technique of watercolor that allowed for the colors to mix on the page resulting in a secondary color. Students collaged these beakers onto a background of bubbles. The students colored the bubbles primary colors. Where the bubbles bumped, the students colored in the secondary colors.