4th & 5th Grades

May 2018

After reading Big Bug, 3rd-5th graders used changes in 
size, proportion, and space to create different views of one scene.

April 2018

4th and 5th graders used their knowledge of one-point perspective and Surrealism to create these dynamic works of art.  Subsequent creative writing about the works told fascinating stories!

January 2018

5th graders explored value and color with paint to create these dynamic cubes.

March 2018

4th graders created bold positive and negative shape designs in contrasting colors.

March 2018

5th graders learned about one-point perspective to create these colorful works.

January 2018

5th graders learned about the history of Plains Ledger art and contemporary artist Delores Purdy Corcoran.  They then created their own personalized ledger art to reflect their own lives.  

January 2018

4th graders learned about the petroglyph She Who Watches in the Columbia Gorge and the work of local artist Lillian Pitt.  They then created with own artworks inspired by She Who Watches.

December 2017

2nd-5th graders looked at Paul Klee's Cat and Bird 
and created their own colorful cats with oil pastel and watercolor.

November 2017

2nd-5th graders learned about the tradition of Day of the Dead / Dia de los Muertos.  

Some students honored loved ones from their own lives.

October 2017

4th-5th graders explored radial symmetry in nature 
and around the world then created a wonderful variety of designs.

April/May 2016

4th-8th graders explored sculpting 

in clay by making bobbleheads!

February/March 2016

5th graders looked at the playful work of street artist Barry McGee.  

They then combined geometric patterns and cartoon style faces in their own unique ways.

January 2016

4th & 5th graders watched the movie Inside Out, then created their own interpretations of emotions through emoji designs.

November 2015  

   4th & 5th graders created work inspired by 

   Mexican Amate paintings. (My sincerest  

   apologies for not getting photos of the 

   student work!)

September 2015

4th & 5th graders created chalk drawings  inspired by cave art from around the world.

May 2015

4th grade art was inspired by Chinese scroll paintings with koi fish.

April 2015

Northwest Coast Native American Animal Designs by 4th graders.

Styrofoam Prints with Rotational Symmetry by Ms. Batten's class.

March 2015

5th-8th graders sculpted big mouth creatures, monsters, and friends.

February 2015

4th & 5th graders combined printmaking with styrofoam

 on watercolor and collage.

January 2015

Fourth graders created clay sculptures inspired by glass artist,

 Dale Chihuly.

December, 2014

Fifth grade blended cyan, magenta, and blue 

to create contrasting shape and color designs.

October, 2014

Fourth grade learned about the color wheel 

and used analogous color schemes to create 

these sculptural paintings.

November, 2014

Fifth grade created positive & negative 

shape designs with construction paper.

October, 2014

Fifth grade explored light and shadow on 

three-dimensional form with chalk pastel.

September, 2014

Fifth grade created self-portraits with line, 

descriptive writing, and color.

September, 2014

Fourth grade created self-portraits 

with line and pattern.

A look back...here are a few photos of artwork 

by 4th and 5th graders from 2012-2014.

Notan is a Japanese term for "light-dark" in design. 

Students created expanding square design using this concept.

Landscapes with foreground, middleground, and background.

Three-dimensional pencils created with oil pastels.

Animals drawn in the Northwest Coast Native American style.

Non-objective paintings cut and reassembled created dynamic movement.