3rd Grade- Warm vs. Cool Color Silhouettes

Warm colors like red, orange, and yellow make us feel all toasty warm inside, while cool colors like blue, green and purple make us think of cool things. We used warm colors in the background of our artwork and cool colors inside of our silhouettes.

Did you know that if you cut the color wheel in half, one side will have all the warm colors and the other will consist of cool colors?
Elements & Principles of Art Student Videos--Cool Colors

Elements & Principles of Art Student Videos--Warm Colors

3rd Grade- Stone Paintings

We learned about people from many cultures who use natural resources for art. Artworks made from natural resources can serve both functional and decorative purposes. Our stone paintings are simply decorative.

The stone paintings we have made are inspired by prehistoric artworks, such as cave paintings. Without altering their natural shape, we have transformed our stones into beautiful art works.
ART ROCKS! Just ask a third grader!

3rd Grade- Mexican Foil Tooling

We learned about the art of foil tooling from many cultures and time periods. With Cinco de Mayo rapidly aproaching, we've decided to celebrate Mexico through our artworks. After evaluating the use of symbols in Mexican culture, we chose symbols to represent different festivities, foods, and historical events of Mexico.

We planned ahead for our symbols by sketching out what we wanted our designs to look like. It's always a great idea to have a game plan.

We used wooden tools to push and pull pieces of foil to give our symbols form. We used permanent markers to give them color. These images are a low-relief sculpture. Aren't they maravillosa?!

3rd Grade - Silhouette Scratch Art

3rd Grade - There’s a Monster in My Closet!

We discussed the roles of authors and illustrators for books and movies. 

Many great characters started as words on a page.  

For this project, we took turns being authors and illustrators.  As an author, we wrote a very detailed description of our imagined monster.  As an illustrator, we turned someone else’s words into an image of that monster. 

Did you know that there are many authors who illustrate their own books?

3rd Grade- Radial Symmetry Weavings

We learned about people from many cultures who use weavings for both functional and decorative purposes. Our weavings are functional for holding coins, or something solid, but not for eating out of.
The weavings we've created with yarn and a paper plate are symmetrical from the center and all the way around in a circle. This is called radial symmetry.

In radial weaving, artists weave in and out of spokes- not unlike the structure of spokes on a bicycle or car wheel. Wouldn't a bike look interesting with yarn weaved through it's spokes?

3rd Grade- Name Color Wheels

We practiced making line-shape letters and color mixing to create our own personal twist on ROY G. BIV.

We only used the three primary colors- Red, Yellow, and Blue- to create Orange, Green, Indigo, and Violet- the secondary colors.

We also learned that Black and White are not colors, but all colors and the lack of color, respectively.

Isn’t it interesting how the waxy crayons repel the watercolors?