Zentangle

5th Graders have been hard at work creating Zentangles.  A Zentangle is an abstract drawing created using repetitive patterns, it is designed to be fun, relaxing and accessible to all. Students started on a small square of paper and continued to work larger until they came up with these creative designs below.

Square 1 Art

Starting at a new school is great, the excitement about art is high and raising excitement is made easy for me, as we are starting a program called Square 1 art.  It allows students to create artwork that can be made into products for family and friends.  Each grade level creates an artwork that is similar in style, but with varying degrees of difficulty.  The artwork is sent to the company, scanned and printed into a sheet of stickers.  The stickers are sent back and the students get to keep them!  The sticker form contains an order number to get their work printed on everything from coffee mugs to ipad cases. Here are a few examples we are working with at Cedar Creek.

5th graders created a name grid.  A name grid is a visual way of describing a person.  They filled three boxes with visual representations of themselves and one box filled with their name written in a creative way.  Students learned that sometimes part of the border can be cut off on the printer so they made a creative border to fill that additional space.

 

First grade created a self portrait using some shapes for the face, adding color and line in the background.

Drawing from observation/Contours

 Third Grade learned about contour lines, which focus on the outline and major lines of objects and not on shading or details.  They used that knowledge of contour lines to draw from observation and drew their shoes.  Drawing shoes helps students focus on their outlines as well as shapes that are used in design.

Students focusing on shoes while moving eyes between shoes and their drawing.