Fifth Grade Paper Mâché Masks

The fifth graders used Mardi Gras and Carnivale as inspiration for their mask designs this year. I've got the process down now (after 3 years) and these are definitely our best results yet!

Collage 2013

Lyons School District 103 Fine Arts Committee presents Collage: A District Fine Arts night.

Featuring student performances and art works from Costello, Edison, Home, Lincoln, Robinson and George Washington Middle School.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3D Birds Eye View City with 5th Grade

Georgia O'Keeffe inspired flowers

I couldn't resist posting this amazing third grade interpretation of Georgia O'Keeffe's flower paintings. It's one of my favorite projects ever. We traced our drawings with thick marker lines, traced the marker with glue to give the artwork some texture and then used watercolor paints. The glue soaks up the ink from the marker as it dries and changes color.

Fifth Grade Printmaking

My fifth graders used pop art, Andy Warhol and Wayne Thiebaud as inpiration for their designs that they carved into EZ Cut linoleum blocks. They rolled ink onto their printing blocks with brayers and printed multiple times in an array of colors. They finished off their work by presenting their four best prints as a group.

Prehistoric Cave Paintings

Second graders aged their paper and drew cave art inspired by Lascaux.

Paper mâché ocean creatures

Fifth graders built and painted an ocean creature that they did research on in science class.