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Image Gallery: Liberty
Statue of Liberty: 3rd Grade Students learned about the history and symbolism of the Statue of Liberty. By looking closely and drawing from observation students created a detailed drawing of the statue. The drawing was then outlined with black ink, painted with watercolor and detailed with oil pastel. Techniques: Painting and drawing Elements and Principles: Line creates shape and describes detail. Texture creates variety and defines shape. Color creates variety, emphasis and value.


Image Gallery: Faces

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Image Gallery: Family


Image Gallery: Cities


Image Gallery: Self-Portrait
Portraits: 5th & 6th Grade Students use their knowledge of portrait drawing to create portraits on the computer. Each student used the same tool and width of line in order to create a unified collage mural of faces. Media: Computer Generated on Apple Works Paint Program Technique: Drawing with the mouse Elements and Principles: Proportion creates balance and symmetry Line creates shape and unifies images of individual works Color-neutral unifies images of individual works


Image Gallery: Still Life #1
Using the concept of foreground, middle ground and background, students overlapped shapes to create a still life with depth.


Image Gallery: African Unit


Image Gallery: Tree Paintings


Image Gallery: Hmong Collage Story Cloth
Hmong Story Cloth: In celebration of Hmong New Year students in grades three, four and five created artwork inspired by Homing story cloths. Students illustrated animals, realistic or imaginary stories and Hmong fairy tales. Media: Oil pastel, black ink, colored paper Technique: Collage, drawing Elements and Principles: Line, shape, color, value, balance, variety,


Image Gallery: Kente Cloth Painting Strips


Image Gallery: Dinosaur Painting


Image Gallery: About You
Students was asked to draw crests and paint them when they were done.
By Melissa