licking valley elementary school
Art in the Valley
Fifth Grade Student Gallery
Collaborative Fall Mural
Students began the year with a review of the elements and principals of design. Working in groups of four or five they created abstract fall inspired paintings. Groups were limited to using two colors plus black and white. All the colors you see are the results of their exploration with tints, tones, and shades. Beautiful!!
Marz jr. inspired D.C. contour drawings
Marz jr. is a contemporary artist known for his contour drawings of city buildings (particularly NYC). The white buildings are typically set against a bright and simple background. Students combined their knowledge of contour drawing with their experience of touring Washington DC (their fall field trip) and created beautiful contour drawings of buildings from our nation's capitol!
Ceramic Vessels
Students learned how to create a vessel form using hand building techniques. Then they personalized with a focus on changing to form to suit the function. (Don't you love the tail/handle?!)
Invader Installation
Minecraft and rubrik's cubes are currently the rage in fifth grade. To capitalize on the popularity of the 8-bit imagery, 5th graders explored the work of contemporary street artist 'Invader' (named after the Space Invader game from the 70's). Invader combines the ancient of art mosiacs with 8-bit imagery and "invades" cities around the world. Students engaged in discussions about street art, legality, and ownership before creating their own creature and "invading" Licking Valley!
Self-Portraits
Chuck Close is a contemporary portrait artist known for his realistic style and cropped images. Fifth graders studied the art of Chuck Close and his techniques before trying their hand at drawing self-portraits using a grid. In addition to a new drawing technique this project focused on perseverance- Awesome job fifth grade!!
Contour Drawings
In a contour drawing artists look very closely at their subjects focusing on what they actually see as opposed to what they think they see. This type of drawing really works the right side of the brain and trains your brain, eyes, and hands to work together. Students began the year by creating contour drawings of items found around the room.