4th Grade 'Get Active' Figures

4th graders conveyed their own point of view of the best way to get active through a figure silhouette painting.

Students estimated how tall the average human figure was in heads and then checked their estimates by measuring a partner 

Students practiced gesture drawings to draw the human figure. Then they were able to choose whether to base their pose off a wooden mannequin, a picture of a figure or a student model posing.

Then students discovered that artists use lines, colors and  shapes to communicate meaning. They then created a oil pastel resist watercolor painting using lines, shapes, colors and paktterms to convey a mood that describes how they feel when they get active.

Students decided whether to use the positive or negative space of a silhouette figure cut out to use on top of their paintings.

Third grade students are creating collagraph printmaking African-inspired masks

In connection with third graders learning about the continent of Africa, students researched different countries and created a mask based on a country. Students thought critically to  "rework the piece" by creating of a mask based on an African mask that they reworked to represent a mood based on a  personal experience.  

Students are in the process of creating watercolor backgrounds and making collagraph prints of their mask composition

Students will be painting their masks after printmaking. Stay tuned for more masks and watch the process!