Fifth Grade - Fishished Emojis!

Fifth grade students looked at pop art to influence this Emoji project. After discussing 

subject matter and pop artists, students learned about color and how it affects mood and feeling. They discussed how this is seen not only in art, but in every area of our lives like logos, restaurants, schools and really everywhere!. Students used this information to create Emoji redesigns. They chose an emotion or feeling that they wanted to represent and used color, shapes and facial expression to portray the feeling. They completed the project using felt and yarn.

Third Grade - Klimt Trees

Third grade students began this project by looking at the work of Gustav Klimt. Classes discussed how he was considered to be a symbolic painter and looked at the way Klimt used symbols throughout his work.

Using “The Tree of Life” by Klimt as inspiration, students created a whimsical tree on a warm color painted background. Students then developed 4 symbols to represent their favorite season, food, hobby and holiday. The sketches were transferred to metal foil where students embossed and de-bossed details using tooling techniques. The symbols were antiqued using black paint and finally attached to their trees to complete a tree self-portrait.

First Grade - Perspective and Pattern

After finishing their textured backgrounds, first grade looked the way trees appear when looked at in a forest. Students noticed that the further back a tree was, the smaller and higher up on the ground it appeared. Students created trees by cutting simple shapes and applying patterns. They placed the trees on their backgrounds to achieve perspective by placing a row higher on the page and the trees in the front lower on the page.