This is one of my students' favorite projects.
I love their problem solving and creativity.
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Showing posts with label 6th grade. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 6th grade. Show all posts
Marine Life Art
Chalk Pastels
Students have been working diligently to complete their Marine Life Art with Chalk Pastels. My first semester students learned about Wyland, his artwork, and mission to inspire others to help care for the environment. Students were allowed to choose their marine life subject matter and create a composition using chalk pastels. Students were also allowed to choose between 9x12" or 12x18" paper for their project.
Cardboard Relief Sculptures
What do you do when you've collected a lot of extra cardboard and some students have finished early with their other projects? We created cardboard relief sculptures! The kids came up with some really cool ideas. There were many different interpretations of animals, etc. It was great!
What was even more impressive was how students were looking at scraps from other projects and finding ways to use them in their own art. When you reach the point where they don't think they have to start with a new item for each thing they make...PROGRESS!
What was even more impressive was how students were looking at scraps from other projects and finding ways to use them in their own art. When you reach the point where they don't think they have to start with a new item for each thing they make...PROGRESS!
Oil Pastel Example
Waterfall in the Jungle
Oil Pastels
A couple of students asked me how they could create a waterfall while we were working on our Rousseau inspired jungle scenes. Naturally, I went to work creating an example of how they might approach it. A tutorial on how to begin is available here. The finishing touches are up to the individual artist.
Check out this great link for kids who want to create digital jungle art inspired by Rousseau.
Inspired by Henri Rousseau
Jungle Scenes in Oil Pastel
Inspired by Henri Rousseau
Students were learning about the works of Henri Rousseau and his famous jungle paintings. To complete their artwork they had access to various color picture references as well as Crayola Oil Pastels.
They began by drawing how they imagined the jungle to look like with an animal to become the focal point. The video below is a quick progression of the example I created for class.
Students were very creative and did a wonderful job! Check out some of their work below.
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