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Category Archives: Grade 3/4 Art Projects
Klee Cat (and bird)
Grade 3/4: Drawing in the Style of an Artist Generally, I do not insist on making students follow a rigidly directed way of drawing an image. In the case of this project, I did. To begin with, I … Continue reading
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Tagged Animals, Colour, Klee, Painting
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Aaaah!! Peacocks in Pastel
Grade 3/4: Making Observations and Drawing Peacocks Whenever I walk through the door into this class, I am greeted with gasps of “Mrs. Godwin!”, big broad smiles, and even a few hugs here and there. They LOVE art! So, I … Continue reading
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Tagged Birds, Drawing, Oil Pastels, Pattern
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Sunflowers From Vincent
Grade 3: Sunflowers in Pastel This lesson drew from three sources: Vincent Van Gogh’s famous painting, the ideas of symmetry and asymmetry, and close observation – drawing from a still life. Seems like a lot for grade 3? Not when … Continue reading
Posted in Art Education, Grade 2/3 Art Projects, Grade 3/4 Art Projects
Tagged Chalk Pastels, Drawing, Flowers, Oil Pastels, Van Gogh
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Retro Rockets … Away!
Grade 3/4: Fun With Paper Collage It’s hard to go wrong with space ships. Kids’ eyes light up at the mere mention of them. So, there was no lack of enthusiasm when I showed them that they were going to … Continue reading
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Tagged Cardboard, Cut-paper Collages, Outer Space
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Selfies!
Grade 3: Self-Portraits in Chalk This was one of my favourite experiences in the classroom this year. They are such a delightful group of children, right from the moment I walk into the classroom. True to form, even though they … Continue reading
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Tagged Chalk Pastels, Drawing, Self Portraits, Selfies
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Looking at Miro
Grade 3/4: Playgrounds & Zoos We started with looking at some images of the paintings of Joan Miro. One particular video featured his work accompanied by Spanish jazz music. The kids really seemed to respond to the bright colours and … Continue reading
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Tagged Abstraction, Animals, Oil Pastels, Painting
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Playing With Colour
Grade 4/5: Op Art (Can play with colour perceptions) Fall 2013 / Parliament Oak School
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Tagged Colour, Cut-paper Collages, Op Art
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Wintery Christmas Tubes
Grade 3/4: Crafting With Toilet Paper Tubes and Stuff Winter: it’s snowy outside, and it’s fun times in the classroom. Haul out some toilet paper tubes, wacky scissors, glue, and a bunch of other stuff. They were all … Continue reading
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Tagged Christmas, Crafts, Toilet Paper Tubes
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Tin Foil Fish
Grade 3/4: Making Low Relief Fish and More The grade 3/4 teacher said to me one day “We are making an underwater sea mural in the hall outside our class. Do you think we could do something in art to … Continue reading
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Tagged Animals, Murals, Painting, Reliefs
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There’s Treasure in Them There Waters
Grade 4: Pirate Treasure Chests, in Pencil This was a one-time class project, in preparation for the school-wide art fair. I had not worked with this class before, so I started with a quick demonstration in drawing … ice cubes! … Continue reading
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Tagged Drawing, Perspective
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