Perspective Color Wheel Arrays

Students will create a city using perspective, the colors in the color wheel and some multiplication arrays for windows.

1st trace a paper plate.

 Now add a point or small x in the center of your circle.

 Use a ruler to draw a line from that center point or the Vanishing Point.

 Draw a few more at different widths.

 Now cut the tops off at different heights by drawing a cut off line and erasing the extra.  Don't erase the Vanishing Point yet.

Use multiplication arrays for the windows and addresses.

Now trace with skinny sharpie and color the buildings to match a color wheel.

Here are some other finished examples.

Quadrilateral Robots

Students will create a robot with a purpose completely out of quadrilaterals.

Verbs in Motion

Students will use their own movements as a reference as they create a movement across the page using basic shapes where our bodies hinge.

Alphabetical Alliteration

We will be creating a whimsical art piece using alphabetical alliteration, grammar, and our imagination.  We will be using the book Animalia by Graeme Base.  Let's start with this Prezi  More coming soon.

After you have your phrase or sentence, start with an idea sketch like these.

Now make it big and detailed.  Remember to fill the space!  Here's a video of me enlarging one of my idea sketches.

Romero Britto Portraits

There is a video at the end of this post to help you get started!

Our objectives or goals for this lesson are:

*I will create a self portrait in the style of Romero Britto focusing on bold black lines and vibrant or colorful patterns. 

*I will illustrate how I hope to grow, what I hope to learn or what makes me happy in my portrait. 

First we create 4 idea sketches.  Some are closer up (just my face) and others are further away (my whole body). I have thought about the background as well. Take only 3-4 minutes per idea sketch. Once I have 4 ideas, I will choose one to enlarge or make bigger for my final piece. 

I chose the one in the bottom right corner to make enlarge. I made sure that all of my shapes were nic and big to give me lots of opportunity to add in my colorful patterns and still be able to trace all my pencil lines in black. 

I wanted to break up my background of water so I added some wavy lines so that I could put in more than one pattern to make it more interesting. 

Then I started to add color. I started with me and the fish putting a different pattern in each shape I found. I even changed my pattern a little in my seaweed as I crossed my wavy line. 

Then I finished coloring it in. Changing my patterns for each shape between the wavy lines. I like this but I think I could make my colors a little more solid to make it look more vibrant. I think I could make me stand out more if I chose a different color for my suit. I also think my bold black lines could be darker and maybe a little thicker. 

I like how solid the colors are on this other Romero Britto inspired piece I did. The bold black lines stand out better and it is much more colorful.

I can't wait to see what you create!!

Here is the video, giving you instructions,

Quadrilateral Robots with a Purpose

The 3rd Graders at Stansbury Elementary created these robots completely from quadrilaterals. They then labeled the parts of their robot giving them purpose. 

3rd Grade Moon Phases

Beehive Elementary 3rd Graders did a phenomenal job today on their moon phases piece. Their color choices on some were awesome to see. 

3rd Grade Verbs

3rd Graders at Valley Crest learned how to draw the shape of a body in motion. They all got a chance to be a model and the artist.

Looking at the angles and lines that a body makes in an action pose and using a verb to create a moving action across the page, they created these fun gesture drawings. 

Beehive 3rd Graders Get their Spook on

We created a guided drawing with foreground and background and made sure we had a horizon line to ground everything. Some great works for Halloween. 

Beehive I Am Poems

Students at Beehive hard at work. 

Third Graders at Stansbury

These third grade students are hard at work on their Frida Kahlo inspired self portraits.