4th Grade- Symmetrical Hearts

Happy Valentines Day!!

Love, Fourth Grade

4th Grade- Symmetrical Cut Paper Names

These fourth grade artworks are symmetrical. They are exactly the same on both sides.

Can you find the names hidden in them?

4th Grade - Photo Weavings

We learned about people from many cultures who use weavings for both functional anddecorative purposes.  

For our weavings to be precise, we used a ruler to measure and draw our straight lines.  We learned that there are 16 centimeters in one inch, so there are 8 centimeters in a half-inch.  

We made our weavings out of two magazine photographs.  Can you tell what each image is?

 

 

4th Grade - Symmetrical Jack-O-Lanterns

Our Jack-O-Lanterns are symmetrical.  They are exactly the same on both sides.  

We used exaggerated facial features to create many emotions.  They are happy, sad, scary, goofy, amused and just plain strange. J  

Did you know that you can make any image symmetrical by only drawing one side?  Ask a 4^thgrader to show you how!

4th Grade - Straw Blown Fall Trees

We’ve created these go-with-the-flow watercolor paintings in the spirit of fall.  

We didn’t use a single paintbrush, though!  We used straws to blowwww the brown paint to make branches. Cotton swabs were used to dot on the little leaves. 

We learned about warm and cool colors.  The backgrounds of our paintings are cool and theforegrounds are warm. 

We also learned that when things are closer to us in a painting, they are larger and more detailed; this is called perspective.  

4th Grade- Pointillism Portraits

We learned about the artist George Seurat and how he used many little dots of paint in a style called Pointillism.

We also learned that there is a mathematical way that everything lines up on our faces; this is called facial proportion.

We only used the three primary colors for our portraits. If you stand back and look at our portraits from a distance, the little dots will blend together to create the secondary colors.

Here is a very interesting video about some professional artists who were inspired by George Seurat and Pointillism. Like the 4th graders, they also only use yellow, red, and blue.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxCeJUOfKmM