3rd, 4th, and 5th Grade Still Life Drawings

Our second stop was Guiana! Students learned about how people in Guiana celebrate Carnival. We did still life drawings of Galette des Rois (king cake) which is eaten during Carnival. To make our drawings, we used horizontal lines, vertical lines, diagonal lines, shapes, and symmetry. 

     

1st and 2nd Grade Still Life Drawings

Our second stop was Peru! Students learned about how people in Peru celebrate New Years Eve. We did still life drawings of Peruvian dinner on New Years Eve: lentil soup and thirteen grapes. To make our drawings, we used horizontal lines, vertical lines, diagonal lines, and shapes. 

Art Adventurers Classroom

3rd, 4th, and 5th Grade Suns

Students first stop was Mexico! They learned about Mexican paper sculpture, cartoneria. They also learned the difference between things that are 2D and 3D. We also had our very first art critique about a Mexican paper sculpture and students learned that we 1) Describe what we see, 2) Analyze how it was made, 3) Interpret why the art was made, 4) Judge whether we like it or not and why. We made Mexican suns because Mexico is so hot. First, they made a ball out of newspaper and taped it together. Next, they paper mached around the outside of the balls. We had alot of fun getting so messy. Finally, we painted our suns and then added the sun rays around the outside. 

1st and 2nd Grade Dreamcatchers

Students first stop was America! They learned about Native Americans and the story of the Dreamcatcher. They drew a picture of a bad dream they have had inside the Dreamcathcer "web." Then they made the hoop out of four twisted pipe cleaners. Lastly we added our decorative beads and feathers (we learned to tie knots!). We had our first art critique about a Dreamcatcher and they learned that we 1) Describe what we see, 2) Analyze how it was made, 3) Interpret why the art was made, 4) Judge whether we like it or not and why. After we made our Dreamcatchers, we shared our bad dreams that we drew inside the web with each other. Some of us had the same bad dreams in common. Hopefully, these bad dreams will be stuck in the Dreamcatchers from now on!