Creative Color Wheels

Students in Art 6 worked in small groups to mix paint colors for a 12 section color wheel. First, they had to mix each color on a 4x6" index card. Once dry, they had to cut a shape out of each index card. These 12 painted shapes would be used to glue down to create their painted paper color wheels.

Painting Value Scales

My 6 grade art students are practicing color mixing and painting value scales. First, they learned how to mix tints and shades and then they tried mixing secondary and tertiary colors using tempera paint. I think they were amazed by the variety of tints and shades that could be created by adding white or black to a color. Most students enjoyed the challenge of mixing just the right color and trying not to contaminate their primary colors.

Finish the Animal Drawings - Art 6

Students created animal drawings from photographic sources to demonstrate their understanding of color, value and texture using colored pencil techniques.

They searched through old National Geographic magazines and old nature calendars for images of animals. Then they cut the image in half and drew and colored the missing half with colored pencils.

Stacked Contour Drawings - Art 6

Sixth grade art students created contour line drawings of simple objects, like fruit, small toys, musical instruments and kitchen utensils to demonstrate their understanding of seeing the detailed contours of an object when drawing.

Negative Space Name Design - Art 6

Students created an abstract design of their names using the negative spaces within each letter to demonstrate their understanding of positive and negative space.

Line Types Art Project - Art 6

Students created a mixed media drawing to demonstrate their understanding of the 5 major types of lines used in Art: Vertical, Horizontal, Diagonal, Curved and Zigzag.

Students divided their paper into sections for each type of line. Then they used crayons to draw the different line types. Next, they painted each section with watercolors. some students used oil pastels to emphasize some of the lines.

Art & Poetry Project

Students in my 3rd and 6th grade art classes collaborated on an art and poetry project for the holiday season. My 3rd graders were studying poetry and creating drawings and paintings to illustrate their poems. I chose a poem entitled "Christmas Dog" by Shel Silverstein and had the students brainstorm images for each of the stanzas. The older students created large scale paintings for the poem which we hung in the school hallway.



In the first video, I am discussing with one of my third grade students what the poem means and brainstorming concepts to visualize.





In the 2nd video, the student is reading the poem aloud while images the 6th graders created are featured.

Symbolic Self Portraits

Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr Timeline

Snow Globe Paintings

Christmas Dog Paintings

Egyptian Art Project