4th, 5th and 6th Grade Art

We had a slow roll start to our year in art. After the first week of orientation, the students began their work in art with our traditional observational drawings. The students worked on slowing down their work, adding details and trying to draw what they saw as opposed to what they thought the object looked like. This is a gradual building of visual literacy, strengthening the skills of the student. After several observational drawings were completed, the student could choose one object to draw for a full 40 minute class. Several details and color were added to complete the work. Our next and current project is a formal lesson on one point perspective. While this method is not based is creative expression, it is a valuable tool to have in creating art. I showed a video on the method in the Maker Space and then walked the classes through the process step by step. The students began adding details and color to their work this week and will complete the process next week. As we have yet to have a full week of classes, this project is taking some time to complete!