Human skeleton

 4th, 5th and 6th grade focused on the Human skeleton, body proportions, skulls and new approaches to portraiture. Here are some of their art influences for the session. 

The human skeleton consists of 206 bones. We are actually born with more bones (about 300), but many fuse together as a child grows up. These bones support your body and allow you to move. Bones contain a lot of calcium (an element found in milk, broccoli, and other foods). Bones manufacture blood cells and store important minerals. 

The longest bone in our bodies is the femur (thigh bone). The smallest bone is the stirrup bone inside the ear. Each hand has 26 bones in it. Your nose and ears are not made of bone; they are made of cartilage, a flexible substance that is not as hard as bone. 

Joints: Bones are connected to other bones at joints. There are many different types of joints, including: fixed joints (such as in the skull, which consists of many bones), hinged joints (such as in the fingers and toes), and ball-and-socket joints (such as the shoulders and hips). 

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Jean-Michel Basquiat at work 

Fourth Grade Designers 2018-19

1/2-3 Day of the Dead Foil Skulls –DOD Inspired Sugar Skull on foil. Sharpies, and pencil. Discussed cultural connections and looked at images and design support material, Cultural connections. Introduction to Frida Kahlo's work/life. 

4-5  Fall at the lake- Seasonal connected watercolor project, inspired by the work of Georgia O’Keeffe, watercolor pencils, pencil and watercolor paints. Building a composition from abstract to landscape, color blocking and details

6+ Event Project- Tumble for Me- Geometry and quilting come together in this paper collage of shape and color. Based on the traditional tumble block quilting pattern this non-traditional artwork has over 100 hand cut and personalized pieces that work together to give a rhythmic flow to this dynamic composition.

7-10 Pop Portraits - Combining inspiration from a variety 
of  Artists, Mona Lisa, di Vinci, Vermeer, Girl with a Pearl Earring, American Gothic and Pop Artist Andy Warhol, students traced one of these iconic images on clear overhead sheets using Sharpie marker and build a colorful under collage, resulting in images like the graphic work of Warhol.

11/12Pop Art Soup- Students design their own soup label inspired by the work of Andy Warhol. Marker and color pencil, building a design. 3-D project

Extra: creating quilt patterns with line and color

Drawing on Black paper

Day of the Dead Sugar Skull project drawing on black paper with gel pens, metallic pens/color pencil and neon. Boarders and backgrounds work to make the main image pop.

Day of the Dead 1/2 face

Using a 1/2 face photograph measure and create the other half (symmetrical drawing) of the face in a Sugar Skull inspired design.

Part II use color pencils and gel markers to complete the transformation