3rd Grade Pumpkins

Third grade students have been learning about and reviewing foreground, middle ground, and background. Third grade students also learned how to create two point perspective after studying Gustave Calliebotte's Rainy Day, Paris Street. Students discussed how texture and color changes as objects become further and further away from the foreground and closer to the vanishing points. Finally students reviewed and practiced using chalk pastels along with different blending techniques. 

Enjoy the pictures below! 

6th Grade Charles Demuth Still Life Watercolor

Sixth grade students have been learning about Lancaster native artist, Charles Demuth, and his artwork, specifically Demuth's watercolor still life paintings. Students were required to first complete a blind contour drawing of a section of a large floral still life I set up in the center of the art room. Once students practiced drawing what they saw in front of them, by completing the blind contour drawing, students utilized viewfinders in order to find a composition for their still life painting. 

Students really enjoyed the opportunity to feel like a "real" artist while utilizing the drawing boards to work where they felt best, as well as using the viewfinders and using their pencils to figure out angles throughout the still life. 

Here are some of the beautiful results. Way to go sixth grade!