6th Grade Artistic Creations 2017-18

What did we do this year in Art?

Habitat to Home was our art room theme for 2017-18

We explored a variety of artistic processes, asked questions presented connections and made discoveries- during the journey created some great art too!

Sixth Grade program  overview

Objective for students: to experience a variety of mediums and techniques used for creating art. Expanding art history knowledge, connect to class themes while building art vocabulary. Using art tools, strengthening fine motor skills, support individual development of expression and following a complex series of directions.

Day of the Dead Cultural exploration, artists that inspire, how does this tradition connect to North and South American history and World influences?

Day of the Dead alters- building on previous knowledge create a small clay “sugar skull” form, collage, sharpie and assemblage to create a 3-D frame to display and create a cohesive design. Form and function Engineering/ Art connection Connecting to classroom Social Studies themes 

Take a Line for a Walk-Abstract art overview. Building contained organic 2-D line drawings that will become 3-D organic forms. The transformation of a surface through design, color, cutting and construction personal expression, paper collage with patterns, drawing, and 3-D cutting skills, spatial problem solving

Engineering/Math/Art connection

completed class project 

completed paper projects

Pinch Pot Monsters- artists built clay 3-D models of monsters, starting with basic pinch pot shape. Dried projects were completed with, tempera glazes. Engineering/Art connection 

Pompeii Volcano relief composition – 2-part project, connects to Ancient History Class Themes. Review of Pompeii Mt. Vesuvius and the structure of volcanoes. Build a volcano shape relief image with tissue paper/glue. Part 2 color with watercolors and oil pastels, showing activity and time of day. Science/History/Art observation and imagination

Promotion 6^th grade Portraits-personal statement, photography and colorful collage (end of year project)

Two Days of Going in Circles

We spent Thursday and Friday painting circles in the Lubin Art Studio. Every grade, every student and teacher visited and worked for 10+ minutes creating circles, solid and colorful, dots, dashes and small connecting lines. The guidelines were simple. Our shape is the circle, all circles must touch and or connect. You can paint or add to your neighbors design but you can not wipe out or completely cover the image. No words, faces, animals or letters. Repeat patterns or colors and look for ways to build on existing elements. Silent or whisper voices. Mindfulness! Amazing results.

A visit with Kinder

Sometimes our youngest artists need just a little extra time to feel comfortable with a new teacher that is why this year I decided to visit the Kinder classes in their home rooms before they signed up to journey to  the art studio. I was able to introduce myself, talk just a little bit about art, show the print of Starry Nights and introduce our first element of art the line (a dot that went for a walk) We found lines everywhere and drew them in the air with our fingers. In the end they made pasta pictures with plates of cooked lines (spaghetti) and they could even eat their art if they wanted to! What a great way to start a New Art Year!

Van Gogh inspired watercolors

5th grade students created small Van Gogh-Starry Night inspired watercolors. This one session studio project started with a review and discussion regarding the composition and elements of Van Gogh's work. Using a direct drawing step by step process with crayons on white card stock the students drew the basic shapes and forms.Yellow liquid watercolor was used first to create the star and light elements, then students were given blue and purple. They were encourage to create movement on their composition using curving lines. Black was the last liquid watercolor made available to the students. Works were finished with a dusting of salt to enhance the star effect.

Take a Line for a walk Fall 2011

Black and White Op Art

Black and White Stripes



a collection of class projects

Students cut out paper forming a black and white zebra stripe pattern. Look at images of zebras and discuss how the pattern works to protect the heard.
This is a great introduction to scissor skills and builds on pattern development. You can use regular scissors or "crazy" scissors with a decorative cutting edge. The white paper is the paper the students cut, and it is 1/3 smaller than the base black paper. Students must cut at least 5 stripes. I have also used this project as the base for an African shield project.  Vocabulary to introduce: negative and positive space, rhythm and pattern




March-April Picasso inpired self portraits

4th grade oil pastel Picasso inspired self portraits-