3KW Totem Poles

3P -- Totem Poles

Mosaics

A mosaic is the art of creating images with an assemblage of small pieces of colored glass, stone, or other materials. It may be a technique of decorative art, an aspect of interior decoration, or of cultural and spiritual significance as in a cathedral. Small pieces, normally roughly quadratic, of stone or glass of different colors are used to create a pattern or picture. As a class we looked observed a PowerPoint with many ancient mosaic examples. From there, we looked at more modern examples such as space invaders created by street artist "Invader". The students planned an image using graph paper, then followed out their plan by creating a paper mosaic.  The students used rulers to measure out 1" x 1" tiles to use on their mosaics.

Haring Figures

3rd grade students learned about Keith Haring and the way he created his artwork. We observed the simplified figures that he included his artwork. The students learned that he used bold, black lines around his objects and also used rhythmic lines to express movement, feeling, or noise. The students started off by sketching out a composition that included Haring-like elements.  We finished the artwork with permanent makers to create the bold, black lines.  Great job 3rd graders!