Fourth grade learned drawing and blending techniques to create an optical illusion in their artwork. The end product is a flag that appears to be waving!
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Third grade focused on the elements of art by pulling the elements out of the American flag and creating an abstract design using the elements of line, shape and color.
Fifth grade did a wonderful job using American symbols to give their artwork a feeling of patriotism! They finished them up with watercolor paints.
Sixth grade scholars wrapped up their semester long study of Greek and Roman art by creating their own original mythological creature. They had to mix various elements (animals, people, creatures, etc...) and create the myth, personality, skills and past of their creature as well. They finished their artwork by employing their painting skills to mix colors and paint with tempera paint.
Fifth grade scholars worked on their 1 point perspective drawing skills by creating their own 3D city from a birds-eye-view. The buildings in their city had to be in 1 point perspective and they added details to make their city fun, unique and creative.
First grade scholars created these beautiful still life drawings with oil pastels by looking at real sunflowers. They were inspired by the sunflower paintings of Vincent Van Gogh and the coming of spring!
Fourth grade scholars created cartoon-style "selfies" of themselves by tracing a photo. Then they created a background for their selfie by thinking of somewhere they would really want to go or something they really wanted to see. They completed their background with tempera paint.
Second grade scholars learned about The Legend of the Koi or The Legend of the Dragon's Gate along with Japanese art, culture and cherry blossoms. They created their own koi fish colored with warm colors and placed on top of a cool color watercolor wash background surrounded by Japanese cherry blossoms.
Kinders used the above painting Color Study, Squares with Concentric Circles, 1913 as inspiration while learning about tempera paint techniques, color and the joys and beauty of abstract art. This painting by Wassily Kandinsky, one of the first famous abstract artists, was recreated by kinders square by square. They had a great time and created an amazing piece of collaborative art! Come and see the display (below), created by kinders, outside the art room in the Franklin building!
Fourth grade scholars used their name or initials as a starting point to create these stunning mandalas. Each mandala uses radial symmetry to maintain balance in the work of art.
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AuthorMrs. Dentzer is the elementary visual arts educator at John Adams Academy. Archives
May 2016
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