Building a city in one day

From time to time, we in the Molin Art Program like to take on 1-day art challenges. The results are always exciting! 

One day, I asked the 4th and 5th grade children to build a city in just one class. Here are some of their solutions:

Silhouettes and Sunsets

Our 4th graders have been learning about trees, and what the work "silhouette" means. We combined that learning with reviewing the primary colors and understanding the color wheel. Then we used wet-on-wet painting techniques to create beautiful beautiful sunsets using only primary colors to make secondary colors

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Illuminated Letters

Our 5th grade artists are learning about illuminated manuscripts, and creating their own illuminated letters on vellum with gold paint! Here are some of their works in progress: 

Molin Art Show!

In conjunction with the Molin Winter Concert, we hung our first art show here at the Molin! This is one of two art shows we plan to have this year. The next will be in the spring. We can't wait!

Fore, Middle, and Background

Our 4th graders learned how to create the illusion of deep space within their pictures by using foreground, middle ground, and background in their fall-themed drawings.  After sketching out their compositions, they used scratch paper for the final project.  On their scratch paper they practiced using hatching and crosshatching, and using inventive textures.

One Point Perspective

One Point Perspective is an optical illusion artists use to create depth and 3 dimensionality in a picture.  Our 5th grade artists learned about vanishing points, and using rulers, pencils, sharpies and color they created their name in these bright, bold, 3D compositions.

 

Name Project

Molin students working on their first project.   These artworks are to be used for the PTO Original Works fundraiser in the spring.