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Fourth grade |
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The fourth
grade kids learned that a "Still Life" is a
group of inanimate objects frequently and
historically used as the subject in a work of art.
The students began their artworks with a contour
drawing with consideration to
overlapping, foreground, middleground, and
background. The kids experimented with
pastels to create tints (mixed with
white) and shades (mixed with black) to
create various color value scales (a scale
showing a range of one color from light to dark).
The students applied their understanding of color
value and blending the pastels to complete the still
life in color with respect to light and
shadow giving the illusion of 3
dimensional space and form on a 2
dimensional media. The kids did a beautiful job. |
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To begin this project the
fourth graders started what would become a
symmetrical design by creatively filling a
triangle with the letters of their name. The design
was transferred to the final paper, which was folded
into 1/8's. The 4th graders reviewed
complementary, warm, cool, and
analogous colors to carefully complete their
work with oil pastels. The results were stunning
symmetrical designs that looked like they were from
the inside of a kaleidescope. Awesome Work! |
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The 4th grade
students reviewed that a picture done by an artist of a person is called
a portrait, and that when it is a picture of the artist himself,
it is known as a self-portrait. Done as a school-wide project
based on the book "I am America," by our visiting author, Charles R.
Smith, Jr., the kids created these beautiful works by first
carefully observing and drawing themselves. The 4th graders then
used rulers to visually divide their portraits in a Cubist
style. The kids reinforced their understanding of mixing tints
and shades to complete their painting in a monochromatic
(one color) palette staying sensitive to the details within their
self-portrait. Full of color and character- an awesome way to welcome
Charles R. Smith, Jr. to our Pine Bush hallways! |
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