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First grade cave paintings

First graders were inspired by the Lascaux caves in France as well as cave paintings from around the world to create their own cave paintings. Students examined symbols and their meaning in order to create their own symbols that represented them and their feelings about nature. Then students created their cave painting composition using earth tone colors with oil pastels. They signed their artwork with handprints.

Coming into the art cave 

Original cave painting from Lascuax cave in France 

3rd Grade Ancient Egyptian Clay Cartouches

Third graders analyzed different ancient Egyptian symbols called hieroglyphics as well as modern day symbols we see every day. They learned about Cartouches which were used as name plates for Egyptian royalty. Students then designed their cartouche either based on their own personally created symbols or hieroglyphics. They used both additive and subtractive clay techniques to build their cartouche. Finally, they used water colors to add color and contrast. 

Ancient cartouche example