Animal Drawings 

Inspired by the prehistoric art from the caves of Lascaux, France

by Fourth Grade Arists

This has become one of my favorite units to teach and the resulting art is stunning. The unit starts with a couple of days of serious drawing from life practice rounds. Students create blind contour and contour drawings and then learn a little about shading. As the unit goes along, we begin learning about the discovery of the caves in Lascaux and then look closely at the drawings of animals and symbols included with the drawings found in the caves. 

Students created a piece of art inspired by the cave art and finally got to "sign" their work by spraying their hand to create a negative image.

Fourth grade, September 2015

What's Your Style? These awesome self-portraits were created by our fabulous fifth grade artists. We started this project by learning about several different art styles and periods in art history. Students chose to work in one or more different styles to draw and paint the features of their face on individual cards. Then, we took a more in-depth look at Cubism and studied the Cubist works of Picasso and Braque. With Cubism as our guiding inspiration, students assembled their facial features on a large sheet of paper to create a self-portrait that represented their artistic personality.

Fifth Grade, August 2015