Category Archives: Fourth Grade

Both Third Grade Art and Fifth Grade Art completed landscapes that used “pattern” as the selected principle of Art & Design we were developing. Third grade artists completed theirs with a different color marker and pattern in each area, and … Continue reading →

Third grade artists used their new knowledge of the landscape terms “foreground”, “middle ground”, “background”, and “horizon line” to create two types of landscapes, oil pastels (completed in Feb.) and “pattern” landscapes (completed in March). We discussed examples of those … Continue reading →

Third grade completed their Artist’ Trading Cards (A.T.C.’s) based on our mythology discussion. Each student collaged (careful cutting and gluing)on 5 cards, 2 were duplicates, which at the end of the unit, they traded with classmates. We also focused on … Continue reading →

Third grade students completed 3 projects since mid-March: 1) Greek Vases–(see many of them on our gallery on ARTSONIA)—learning about the 3 main Greek vase shapes as part of our “Form Follows Function” essential concept; 2) “musical chairs” thumbnail sketches, … Continue reading →