December: Line
Project: Self Portrait Drawing
Contour lines can make the artwork look more interesting and realistic. While straight lines may look flat, curved lines lend dimension and shape to a drawing. With blind contour line drawing, the artist never picks the pen up off the page. The artist, Alexander Calder, utilized this technique to create drawings and sculptures of faces and circus animals using pen and paper—and even wire! In this activity, students hold mirrors and look only at their image while they draw their face without lifting the pen off the paper.
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January: Color
Project: Monochromatic City Scape
Example city scape tints and shading
In this project, students will experiment with the properties of tinting and shading colors, then paint monochromatic cityscape.
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5th Grade Color – Lesson Plan
Color Discussion Notes
5th Grade Color – Power point
February: Clay
Project: Clay Lidded Pots
Students create a pot with a lid, requiring some basic pattern making skills, while combining many of the skills they’ve learned in previous years.
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March: Shape
Project: Shape Perspective
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