iMovies with iPad minis

6th grade students were introduced to the iMovie app on the mini iPads in art and created their own movie on an element of art.

The criteria included:

-Creativity

-Definition of the element

-Examples of the element

-Art examples of the element

Here are a few of the videos they created.  More videos are posted on my Vimeo account, and the 6th grade students know the password!


Enjoy these videos below! I think they did an amazing job!

The Element of Value

The Element of Space

The Element of Texture

The Element of Shape and Form

The Element of Line

The Element of Color

Third Grade Collaborative Totem Poles

In third grade, classroom teachers have a Native American Unit of Study.  There are so many amazing ways to incorporate Native American Art in my art room, but the past few years I have chosen to elaborate their study in the art room with a discussion about totem poles.  

After learning the symbolism behind the animals in the totem poles, students picked the animal that best represented their personalities to create as part of a class totem pole.  Students drew their animals from observation and finished off their artwork with chalk pastels.  The artwork is now hanging in the hallway as collaborative third grade totem poles.

Blue Dogs: Created by 4th Grade, Inspired by George Rodrigue

4th grade students were introduced to Blue Dog artist George Rodigue.  

After learning about his life and art and inspiration for Blue Dog, they created their own version of Blue Dog using many different materials.  

5th Grade Abstract Sculptures with Haiku

To start this lesson, 5th grade students had a discussion how certain colors, lines and shapes help describe different emotions. For example, happiness is sometimes associated with yellow, the sun, and curly lines. We also discussed how every person may choose different lines, colors and shapes to describe an emotion.

Next students picked on emotion to describe. They then created an abstract sculpture using cardboard and acrylic paint. I was inspired by this lesson from a Pinterest post that took me to this website.

After students finished constructing their sculptures, they each wrote a haiku to go with their emotion. The sculptures are now on display in the elementary school display case with their Haiku.