Sculptures!

3rd, 4th, and 5th grades Build Box Sculptures

Paper Mache

Close Up Observational Paintings with a Focus on Texture & Composition

We looked at natural objects for their distinct textures.  This also was the first time that many students used a viewfinder to compose their art.  Students placed their viewfinder (see the image on the left) over their subject matter until they found the best composition for their painting. This helps them to focus. 

Students had the choice to use an underdrawing or begin with paint.

Texture & Color Mixing

How can you use your paintbrush to make the texture that you see?

... a work in progress...

The finished artwork.  This student artist chose to surround the leaf painting with a dark burgundy color because that is how he saw the composition both in reality & in his mind's eye.

K, 1st and 2nd grade Make Observation Drawings Outside!

K - 2nd grade box sculpture creatures & observation drawings

Following their 2D to 3D paper sculptures, K - 2nd graders applied what they learned about strong building, balance, & attachments to making sculptures out of boxes.  

One of the main focuses running through these units is transformation:  How can we make something new out of what we have before us?

After building box sculptures, students paint their work.

Where will you add texture & pattern?

 After the students painted their sculptures, they made observation drawings of their work.

Drawing from their own work is a great motivator for careful observation.

Students were so invested in exactly how their sculpture was put together that every size relationship, every texture & pattern, every line & curve was important to capture & record in their drawing.