Projects
Below is a list of major projects with objectives for each elementary grade level.
Kindergarten
1st Grade
Tear Bear Collage
Objectives: Students will…
- Discuss and understand how artists use and see shapes
- Recognize the difference between hard edges and soft edges
- Work with size relationships (proportions)
- Create a furry bear out of torn construction paper
- Use crayons to add details
Mondrian Style Painting
Objectives: Students will…
- Learn about and be able to recognize the works of Dutch abstract painter Piet Mondrian
- Understand the element of line and use horizontal and vertical lines in their own painting
- Use the primary colors to add color to their own painting
Rainbow Fish
Blotter Bugs
Crayon Rubbings
Plaid Puppies or Kittens
Clay Sculpture
Spider Handprints
Burlap Weave and Unweave
Monet’s Garden Painting
2nd Grade
Color Wheel Creations
Objectives: Students will…
- Use the primary and secondary colors to create a 6-sided color wheel
- Integrate the color wheel into an object
- Use a variety of art materials to add color, patterns, and detail
Starry Night
Symmetrical Masks
Paper Weaving
Lascaux Cave Paintings
Styrofoam Printmaking
Pinch Pot
Dripping Paint
3rd Grade
Geometric Cut Paper Musician Figures
Objectives: Students will…
- Use knowledge of human figures and cubism as they create their own musician figures from a variety of geometric cut paper shapes
- Learn about Pablo Picasso’s style and his work Three Musicians
- Use repeated colors and textures to add unity
Faith Ringgold Story Quilts
Objectives: Students will…
- Learn about the artist Faith Ringgold and her story Tar Beach
- Discuss the closeness of family and wishes for the future
- Focus on a work of art create out of paint and fabric rather than paint and paper
- Explore pattern by overlapping color and design
- Cooperate with one another by creating both individual and small group work
Notan Design
Objectives: Students will…
- Learn about Notan
- Learn about positive and negative shapes and space
- Use a simple square and all the negative cutting to create a collage
- Understand symmetry and asymmetry
Wang Yani Monkey Painting
Leaf Bowls
Objectives: Students will…
- Explore beauty in nature
- Learn the structure of the leaf/purposed of the leaf – connection to science
- Learn draped slab handbuilding technique
- Exhibit skills and craftsmanship in handling clay
- Exhibit skill in glazing
Vincent’s Flowers
Objectives: Students will…
- Become aquainted with Vincent van Gogh
- Learn that pastels can be used to create a variety of lines and textural effects
- Realize that colors can be subjective as well as objective
Monotype Prints
3-D Houses
4th Grade
Flurry of Fall Foliage
Objectives: Students will…
- Recognize warm colors in fall foliage, observe line in tree trunks and branches, and study color in fall landscapes
- Read poetry about nature and use poems as a source of inspiration to create art
- Use wet-on-wet watercolor techniques to depict a fall landscape, representing lines and colors found in nature
Native American Coil Pots
Objectives: Students will…
- Become familiar with Pueblo Indian arts and crafts, lifestyles, value systems of Native American Pueblos, Maria Martinez and her famous black pottery
- Understand the concepts of coil pottery construction
- Use their skills and abilities to construct a coil pot
Room at Arles
Paper Batik Flowers
Objectives: Students will…
- Recognize the basic shapes that define flowers
- Use repeating shapes to draw simple flowers
- Apply paint within a restrictive area
- Understand the technique of Batik
- Discuss and use overlapping to create a sense of depth
Monochromatic Painting
Still Life
Textured Scratchboard
Sail Boat Painting
Objectives: Students will…
- Become familiar with the artist Winslow Homer
- Create a seascape scene combining Homer images and their own imagination
- Utilize wet and dry method of painting
- Become award of the importance of contrast
- Use their knowledge of warm and cool colors to do some color mixing
- Know the difference between seascapes and landscapes
5th Grade
Radial Design Mandala
Objectives: Students will…
- Become aware of radial design in art through examples of Rose windows and mandala designs from various cultures
- Understand math concepts as they relate to art
- Create a radial design inspired from nature or a non-objective design
- Demonstrate skill in blending of colors using colored pencils
- Show awareness of color planning in selection of colors
Foil Repousse Masks
Objectives: Students will…
- Learn about the art of maskmaking, masks from various cultures through time, reasons for masks – beliefs, values and customs
- Learn about form and sculpture – low relief sculpture
- Integrate planning – demonstrate craftsmanship
- Create own repousse mask with tooling foil and then decorate using mixed materials
- Use exaggeration – concentric shapes – symmetry – repetition – pattern/texture
Woven Hanging with Clay Loom
2-Point Perspective Houses
Clay Portraits
Mixed Breed Animals
Objectives: Students will…
- Create an imaginary animal by combining parts of two or more animals
- Show patterns and textures with Prismacolor pencils
- Show highlights and shadows using complimentary colors – add white for lights
- Develop center of interest at eyes using white for highlights
- Create an environment for the imaginary animal
- Demonstrate skill in cutting and gluing
Shading Forms
Emily Carr Trees
Objectives: Students will…
- Learn about Canadian artist Emily Carr
- Learn how to observe and draw trees
- Use white crayon to create a resist
- Create a watercolor tree landscape inspired by Emily Carr
