Category Archives: Grade 5/6 Art Projects

Blind Contour Gets Wired

Posted on February 11, 2013 by Art Education

Grade 6:  Taking Contour Drawing Further In the class following the first blind contour drawings, we continued with drawing self portraits.  Everyone got a mirror, and with fresh instruction about drawing from close observation – out came the Sharpies again. … Continue reading →

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Our First Light Drawings

Posted on February 11, 2013 by Art Education

Grade 6:  Drawing With Light The students have been studying electricity, and had just finished some work with contour line drawing, so … We took some time to play!  I told them about artists who use long exposures, movement, and … Continue reading →

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No Peeking: We’re Doin’ Blind Contour

Posted on February 11, 2013 by Art Education

Grade 6:  Drawing Blind Contour I wish you could have seen the kids’ faces … I told them we were going to do some drawing BUT they had to do it in one continuous line (NOT lifting the pen from … Continue reading →

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Some Things We Are Working On …

Posted on January 11, 2013 by Art Education

Currently, in the Art Room: The grade 2/3’s are an enthusiastic bunch I have to keep up with – and they seem to celebrate anything I throw at them.  Just gotta stay one step ahead! The grade 4/5’s have been … Continue reading →

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Three Guitars

Posted on January 9, 2013 by Art Education

Grade 5 & 6 Painting / Colours as Music Genre This project brought out some of the guitar heroes I didn’t even know about – it was very cool to hear from some of the kids who have been learning … Continue reading →

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Op Art Cubes

Posted on September 5, 2012 by Art Education

Grade 5:  Exploring Op Art and Cubing It   Op Art Explored This fall saw several of the classes learning abut Op Art (Op is for Optical), and some of the artists who developed it.  Victor Vasarely and Bridget Riley … Continue reading →

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Enter, Notan.

Posted on September 4, 2012 by Art Education

Grade 5:  Flipping the Positive and Negative With Notan I recently purchased this book, Notan: The Dark-Light Principle of Design and even though I have so far only taken a rather cursory look at it – I found the images … Continue reading →

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Dabbling in Surrealism

Posted on September 2, 2012 by Art Education

Grade 5:  Learning Surrealism, Constructing Pictures Session 1 I came to the class with an example of a picture I had created using magazine cutouts in the style drawing from an art and cultural movement known as Surrealism, that began … Continue reading →

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Pattern & Communication: Wampum Belts

Posted on September 2, 2012 by Art Education

Grade 6:  Designing Their Own Wampum Belts   The teacher asked me to do an art project that would connect with the class’s work on Canadian indigenous cultures.  It had to be a relatively simple and quick lesson, as the … Continue reading →

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Tunnels of Weightlessness?

Posted on August 28, 2012 by Art Education

Grade 6:  One Point Perspective meets Op Art meets Surrealism – Whaa? This was a project that served to introduce some images and ideas that were new to the class, and to combine those with knowledge from projects already completed … Continue reading →

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