Pointillism

Third graders have been learning their Warm and Cool colors, they are applying the concept of warm and cool colors to their pointillism project. They are also using their knowledge of foreground, background, and horizon line to complete their pointillist work.

We studied the work of George Seurat and his pointillism (dot painting) 

Students drew a tree, and chose either warm or cool colors to create a pointillist amount of leaves.

They used the back end of the brush to create dots in the leaves.

 

After allowing a day to dry the art, students began drawing a horizon line, small details in the background and at least one detail in the foreground.

Animals and Habitats

Third Grade students have been working with clay animals, they all had to figure out which animal they wanted to create from clay.  After creating their clay animal, students had to research what kind of habitat their clay animal lives in.

Students painted their animals with their local colors (actual color of animal)

This project is great for working with 3- dimensional art and it is especially good for students who work better with 3-D than a normal drawing project.

Alligator

 Working with a paper towel allows students to paint without additional table cleaning and a spot to wipe off their brush

Eagle

Babboon

Pig (eating mud)

Bird

Turtle

Squirrel

Bird

Hippo

Buffalo

Octopus

Students used a tissue box or shoe box to get the habitats made

Students covered their box in paper, egg cartons, fabric, string, pipe cleaners and more they may have brought from home.

Egg carton rock

Cotton ball clouds

Vines

Underwater (flashlight used to give blue tint)

Mountains from felt