Van Gogh Inspired Landscape
AFTER WATCHING A POWERPOINT ON THE ELEMENTS OF ART, THE THIRD GRADE STUDENTS LOOKED AT SOME OF VAN GOGH’S LANDSCAPES. THEY NOTICED HIS USE OF LINE AND COLOR. THE PROJECT REQUIRED THEM TO CREATE A LANDSCAPE WITH A FOREGROUND, MIDDLE GROUND, AND BACKGROUND. THEY NEEDED TO USE WAVY LINES, ORGANIC SHAPES, HOT AND COLD COLORS, AND DIFFERENT VALUES OF THEIR HOT COLORS. THEY WORKED HARD AND THE RESULTS ARE BEAUTIFUL!
1-POINT PERSPECTIVE BOXES
THE STUDENTS IN THIRD GRADE ARE LEARNING HOW TO CREATE BOXES USING 1-POINT PERSPECTIVE. THIS TECHNIQUE GIVES THEIR BOX THE ILLUSION OF BEING 3 DIMENSIONAL AND IN PERSPECTIVE. THEY THEN FILLED THEIR BACKGROUNDS WITH DIFFERENT TYPES OF LINES AND COLORED THEM USING HOT, COLD, PRIMARY, AND SECONDARY COLORS.
Roy Lichtenstein Portraits
The students in third grade looked at the art of Pop Artist Roy Lichtenstein. They learned that Pop Art focused on creating art from things that were seen in every day popular culture. They learned that Lichtenstein modeled his work after comics. The students were then taught how draw the different parts of the face and where to place them on the face. They colored their portraits in a style similar to Lichtenstein by having some areas colored solid and other areas colored using Ben Day dots. The students were asked to use 3 colors in a row from the color wheel as an introduction to analogous colors.
WESTFORD INSPIRED BUILDINGS
FOR THIS PROJECT EACH STUDENT LOOKED AT THE SAME HISTORICAL BUILDING THEY STUDIED FOR THEIR ARCHITECTURE BOOKS. THIS TIME THEY DREW THEIR BUILDING IN 3-D AND THEN PRETENDED TO BE ARCHITECTS AND DESIGNED TWO ADDITIONS TO THEIR HISTORICAL BUILDINGS, ALSO DRAWN IN 3-D. WHEN THEY WERE COMPLETED THEY NEEDED TO HAVE INCLUDED 9 DIFFERENT ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS FROM THE 13 WE HAVE BEEN FOCUSING ON. THEY ARE NOW BEGINNING TO PAINT THEM USING DIFFERENT WATERCOLOR TECHNIQUES.
RADIAL SYMMETRY
As a follow up project the students then used cut paper to create radial symmetry designs. They focused on shapes, overlapping, cutting multiple shapes, analogous colors, and radial symmetry.
LIVING LAB FLOWER STUDY
THE THIRD GRADERS BEGAN BY STUDYING THE FLOWERS THEY HAVE BEEN RESEARCHING AT THE LIVING LAB; THEY THEN DREW THEM AS ACCURATELY AS POSSIBLE. DIP PENS, LIKE THE ONES THEY WOULD THEN BE USING WHEN THEY VISIT PARKERVILLE, WERE USED TO GO OVER THEIR PENCIL LINES. THE FOCUS WAS ON LEARNING TO HOLD THE PEN CORRECTLY. MANY WERE SURPRISED HOW OFTEN THEY HAD TO DIP BACK INTO THE INK. THE STUDENTS THEN USED COLOR MIXING TO MATCH THE COLORS OF THEIR FLOWER AS CLOSELY AS POSSIBLE.
LIVING LAB ROCKS WITH FLOWER STUDY
Following their flower study using dip pens, the student again looked at their living lab flower. They drew them as accurately as possible this time on a rock to be displayed at the Living Lab Gala, on June 10, 2009.