Fifth Grade Art

Fifth Grade students receive art instruction once a week for 60

minutes.

Art engagements we explored this year include:

     Painting - Tempera Patterned Landscape

                 - Self Portrait Mixed Media (Kehinde Wiley)

     Design - Colored Pencil Color Wheel Name

                - Radial Design Folded Paper

     Printmaking - Explorer Ships

     Collage - Pop Art Goldfish Collage (Roy Lichtenstein)             

     Clay - Glazed Ceramic Name

     Weaving - Burlap, yarn, ribbon & beads

     Sculpture - Freestanding Wood Animal Sculptures (Terrell Powell)

Students will build upon previous art knowledge and personal experiences combined with new techniques to advance their skills.

Art vocabulary for Grade 5:

    Drawing                        Painting:          

         Observation                 Color mixing: tints, shades    

         Proportion                    Analogous colors

         Foreshortening             Complimentary colors

         Viewpoint                    Tertiary colors

     Sculpture:                      Ceramics:

         Balance                          Additive

         Negative                         Subtractive

         Positive                          Clay stages: greenware,

                                                  leather hard, bisqueware

Classroom volunteers are always welcome!