My Cube

My fifth graders have been working on multiple projects to put on the faces of a cube sculpture they are going to make.  I found this app called Wordfoto that allows the students to take a picture or upload a picture and add words over it.  There are a lot of fun colors and styles.  It does cost $1.99.  There is a free app called aTypo Picture that has a free version.  I like Wordfoto better, but aTypo Picture is good.  Here are the examples that I made.  Fun!

 Wordfoto

aTypo Picture

  For this project my students are working in centers.  Printmaking is one of the centers.  My students are very engaged, and it makes managing printmaking a lot easier.  I will add the other projects they are doing a little later.  It is a really fun unit! 

My fifth graders this year learned about the Egyptian culture for their clay project.  They learned about and create Canopic jars.  They had to make two pinch pots for the jar and attach them together.  They had to cut the opening of the jar.  They made the lid and attached a coil under the lid to prevent from slipping off.  They created something to attach to the lid.  Some students chose to engrave the base of the jar.  They antiqued them with watered down black paint and then added gold or silver paint with a sponge.  They turned out amazing!  I would buy these!      

Clay Faces

My 5th graders studied the Georgia Artist, Kimmy Cantrell, for their clay unit this year.  I love this lesson and so do they!  It is a great lesson to show student engagement.  We look at Cantrell's artwork and discuss the symbolism behind his work.  We also focus on asymmetry for this project.  Then, the students create their own face with symbolism and asymmetry in mind.  They use their drawing as a template to cut out their face shape from a slab of clay.  They have to use both additive and subtractive techniques when creating their face.  They use the score and slip technique to attach their pieces.  After is dries and is fired, then they paint it with tempera paints.  They are so proud!!

 

5th Grade Contour/Pop Art Drawings Inspired by: Escher and Warhol

My fifth grade students studied M.C. Escher's Hand Drawing Hand artwork.  They had to do a contour drawing of their hand holding a magnifying glass.  Then, they studied Andy Warhol.  We looked at his Campbell Soup Cans, Brillo Boxes, and Portraits of famous people.  We talked about Popular Culture and how you can use everyday objects or things from popular culture as the subject of your artwork.  The students chose their subject and created a contour drawing of it.  Finally, they combined the two drawings together to create their Pop Art.  They look amazing!

5th Grade Freedom Quilt Reduction Prints

My 5th grade students studied the history of Freedom Quilts.  They created their own radial quilt pattern.  Then, they carved their pattern into styrofoam.  They printed white first, and they carved into the pattern again.  Next, they printed with black.  Finally, they attached them to a backgorund color to create a frame.  These turned out fantastic!

5th Grade: Tempera Batik

My 5th grade students learned about the art of Batik (wax and dye resist). They used tempera paint and india ink resist. They turned out really cool!

My fifth grade artists had to create a piece of artwork inspired by the song “The Beauty of Grey” by Live. They had creative freedom to choose their genre and medium based on what inspired them in the song. They had to listen to the song and decide how they wanted to represent the song’s meaning. Everything in their artwork is in neutral colors (black, white, and/or grey) except the emphasis. The students were asked to self-evaluate to develop habits of excellence. They were asked to “read” the meaning of their artwork, and they discussed how personal experiences influence art production and preferences for art. They did an AMAZING job!