6th Grade Dragons

6th graders study different cultures in Art. We looked at Asian art, primarily Chinese art. This year is the year of the dragon so I decided to come up with a 3-D project.  

We talked about symmetry and learned how to trace half of the face to make it symmetrical and also used tracing to make multiple copies of the dragon face.

We transferred our dragon face to primed cardboard and used two of our paper dragons to create our 3-D pieces.  

We painted the cardboard outline in one color and the papers with separate colors on both side. We cut out pieces and glued them to our cardboard base.

This was a new project and not sure if I will do it again. It took longer then I liked and wasn't as 3-D as I would like, but I do love the strong colors and the symmetry.

My Side of the Mountain

 

6th graders have been reading My Side of the
Mountain in their Language Arts class.  I have them create an art journal that must include 3 things Sam made, 3 foods and 3 animals/wildlife.  This is always a great project and I love the book!  Students are given a demonstration on colored pencil drawing and asked to include a background or border for each picture.

Weaving with 6th Grade

6th graders are weaving and really enjoying it. We are studying the art of American Indians and have seen the rugs and blankets that the Navajos make.  The two other projects will be coil pots and sand art.  This will cross over to Writing Workshop with My Side of the Mountain and a sketch journal the students make.