4th & 5th Grade: Hip Hop Shoes & Contour Drawings

In 4th and 5th grades this week, we have been reviewing types of lines we already know (straight, curved, wavy, thin, thick and broken), and learning about new types of lines such as edge and outline. We reviewed/learned through the interactive game,  The Artist's Toolkit (Edge & Outline). I told the students that our first project would be creating drawings of our shoes using a contour line for the shoe, and using other types of lines to create an interesting and visually stimulating background.

...and this is when the fun began. I introduced the students to one type of art career: design. We headed on over to the Converse Shoes website, where we chose and designed different types of shoes. The students had SO much fun designing! Next week we will be starting a drawing of these shoes using contour lines.

Here are the links to create your own shoes---you can even buy them after designing them...how fun!!

Converse

Adidas Men   Adidas Women

Nike Kids


UPDATE**

We have finally finished up with this unit on line! Here are some great examples!

I think these turned out fabulously :)
...what do you think??

Miss Miller

2nd & 3rd Grade: Continuous Line Drawings

This week in 2nd and 3rd grade we have been learning and reviewing different types of lines: straight (horizontal, vertical, diagonal), curved, wavy, zigzag, thick, thin, outline, and broken. We started out reviewing these types of lines using The Artist's Toolkit. Students were able to come up to the board and practice finding these types of lines within different works of art. We then, as a class, created an artwork using these types of lines. After learning about these lines, we read the book "Follow the Line to School". This is an awesome book that uses only ONE line to create many different images in the book. The line carries us through different rooms within the school, and asks students different questions about each classroom.

Next week, we will be creating our own work of art that will be made up of three images using only one line. Keep on practicing identifying these different types of lines using The Artist's Toolkit (click the link above)!

UPDATE**
We have finished our unit on line. Here are my examples of student work throughout the project!

practice day

work in progress

work in progress

work in progress

I was elated to see that so many of my friends chose art as their favorite part of school!! :)

Miss Miller