Wednesday, January 13, 2016

5th Grade - Op Art Waves

After studying artist Bridget Riley, students can create optical illusions using lines, values, and patterns.














3rd Grade - Op Art Hands

After studying Bridget Riley, students can create an optical illusion of their hands using lines and patterns.





2nd Grade - Stained Glass Evergreens

Students can create a stained glass and Cubism inspired evergreen tree using diagonal lines along with warm and cool colors.











4th Grade - Tree Ornaments

Students can create a zoomed in collage of Christmas tree branches and ornaments using wet on wet painting techniques with analogous color theory.





Wednesday, December 16, 2015

6th Grade - Community Gardens

Students can create community garden models out of recycled and donated recyclable material using pre-planning outlines, problem-solving skills, and complex cutting/hot gluing.





4th Grade - Self-Portrait Paper Dolls



Students can use knowledge of body proportions and complex cutting/designing to create miniature self-portrait paper dolls. 



Monday, December 14, 2015

2nd Grade - Patterned Suns/Moons

Students can illustrate the 4th day of creation using patterns along with warm and cool colors.