Fifth-graders have been learning about using foreshortening to make artwork look more three-dimensional. They have also been using line and shape in their choice projects.
Third graders learned about contour and cross-contour lines and create observational drawings of fruit. They also used what they had learned about geometric shapes earlier in the year for their own choice pieces.
First grade studied the artist, Wassily Kandinsky, and created "Kandinsky Corn" based on his painting, Squares with Concentric Circles. They focused on shapes and warm and cool colors.
This past Friday I presented this slideshow at the Ashburnham-Westminster Foundation for Academic Excellence dinner. Last year and the year before I write a grant to the Foundation for the 3D Start. The following slideshow explains what the 3D Start is and does, as well as shows what fourth-graders have been working on in art class.
Students in grades K-5 have been working hard to design and create their projects for our Square 1 Art fundraiser. Student artwork will be sent out this week, and we will soon receive the Squickers and order forms. Here is a sneak peek of what the students have created this year: