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Fifth Grade

Projects and Activities

   We will be using our five senses, exploring many new materials and will be studying artists & their art...
Check out our project listings throughout the school year to see what we are creating!

First art project of the year

Who is an artist? Introduction project.

Art & Artists

Georgia O'Keeffe Pastel Flowers.
O'Keeffe inspired flower, using observation.
Chalk pastels.

Art & Artists

George Braque Cubist
Still Life.

Braque inspired "broken" still life painting. Solid Tempera paint.

Art & Artists

MC Escher Complex Shapes.
Tessellations and mathematic designs. Using math & art.
Colored pencil and marker.

Art & Artists

Mark Rothko Abstract Landscape.
Rothko smoothed and simplified landscape paintings.
Watercolor paint.

Art & Artists

Keith Haring Simple People.
Who are we as artists? Inspired by Keith Haring's bold people. Acrylic paint.

Art & Artists

Frank Lloyd Wright Home Design.
What kind of home space inspires us?
What defines a home? Pencil drawing.

Second

Quarter

Portfolio

All art projects will be graded, and portfolios created to go home in Jan.

Projects are graded on
the following things:

Participation

Following  directions

Project Quality

Attitude

Focus

Keep an eye out in January for our artwork!

 

Cultural

Art

Japanese Sumi-e Ink Painting

Calligraphy and paint washes. Watercolors, india ink, Japanese characters.

Cultural

Art

African Metal Carved Mask

Embossing an animal like African mask. Metal, metal tools, construction paper, found objects.

Cultural

Art

Maya Glyph Printing

Based on ancient art from the Maya civilization. Printing & acrylic paint.

Cultural

Art

Oaxacan Clay Sculpture

Step one, modeling our animal from clay.

Clay and
clay tools.

Cultural

Art

Australian Didgeridoo Dot Painting

Painting a dot pattern and Australian animal for our musical instrument.
Acrylic paint.

Cultural

Art

Oaxacan Clay Sculpture

Step two, painting our animals with bright Mexican colors and patterns.

Acrylic paint.

The Art Show!

The 7th Annual WHBI Art Exhibit is going to be held on Tues.
May 29th.

6-8pm.

Fourth

Quarter

Portfolio

All art projects will be graded, and portfolios created to go home in June.

Projects are graded on
the following things:

Participation

Following  directions

Project Quality

Attitude

Focus

Keep an eye out in June for our artwork!

 

As we finish projects and then begin the next unit, projects and descriptions will be updated.