Tempera Boats
Sixth Grade Artist

Students analyze Derain’s Fishing Boats and learn about his Expressionist style and use of color. They idenfity primary, secondary, andtertiary colors and identify and describe the use of elements of art, including color, line, texture, and space. They review landscape elements, including foreground, background, and horizon line, and describe the movement and balance implied by vertical, horizontal, and diagonal lines. They paint seascapes with boats using expressionist brush strokes and tertiary colors and critique their own and others' artwork based on criteria selected for this project.

Chalk Pastel Animal Mural
Sixth Grade Artist

Students analyze the Walking Lion and learn about city walls during ancient times and the animals that decorated Babylonia's Ishtar Gate. They identify features of animals that represent power, identify and describe the use of elements of art, including color, line, form, texture, and space, and discuss the rights of museums to own -- and the value in having them own -- artwork from other places. They create artwork containing visual metaphors that express the traditions and myths of ancient Mesopotamia, use tints, shades, and intensities of color to add realism, and design and draw realistic or imaginary animals. They color the animals with chalk pastel, using shading to add depth and character.

Clay Mummy Case
Sixth Grade Artist

Students analyze picutres of Egyptian mummies and learn how artowrk served religious purposes. They identify symbols and attributes representing the deceased and common Egyptian conventions, identify and describe the use of elements of art, including color, shape, and line, and describe the stylized features of Egyptian portraits. They draw mummiform figures with ancient Egyptian symbols and use additive and etchiing techniques to show stylized features. They create clay mummies containing visual metaphors that express the traditions and myths of Egypt.

Colored Pen Grid Figure
Sixth Grade Artist

Students analyze the Egyptian painting Presentation of the Cup and learn about Egyptian hieroglyphics and symbols. They identify the conventions of the stylized Egyptian figure pose, identify and describe the use of elements of art, including color, shape, form, line, space, and value, and describe the use of color, line, and hierarchical placement. They create artwork containing visual metaphors that express the traditions and myths of Egypt, compare the proportions of small pictures to enlargements, enlarge figures using grids, and color with natural colors.

Ink Brush Painting
Sixth Grade Artist

Students analyze Bamboo in the Wind and identify the repetition of brush strokes, the range of tones, and the natural shapes of bending bamboo. They identify and describe the use of elements of art, including shape/form, line, texture, space, and value, describe the negative space, and identify the scholar rock. They create artwork containing visual metaphors that express the traditions and myths of China, paint fish, bamboo, and scholar rocks, and create vertical Chinese-style brush paintings using traditional Chinese brush strokes.

Oil Pastel and Watercolor Drawing
Sixth Grade Artist

Students analyze the Chinese embroidery Five-Clawed Dragon and identify the symmetry and balance. They identify and describe the use of elements of art, including shape/form, line, and texture, design circular compositions, and create artwork containing visual metaphors that express the traditions and myths of China. They draw their own mythical beasts and paint dragons in round paels using jagged and curivng lines and repeated details.

Oil Pastel and Ink Action Figure
Sixth Grade Artist

Students analyze the design of a Greek amphora and learn about Greek figure drawing and styles of Greek vases. They identify the use of detail, repetition, and pattern on the vase shape, identify and describe the use of elemeents of art, including color, shape/form, line, and space, and describe how balance is used in the vase shape and in the placement of the design. They draw figures in motion, create artwork containing visual metaphors that express the tradidtions and myths of Greece, and design and draw their own amphoras with illustrations of a Greek myth.

Etched Greek Temple
Sixth Grade Artist

Students analyze The Parthenon designed by Phidias, Ictinus, and Callicrates, learning about its purposes and design. They identify the columns, pediment, frieze, and base of the temple and describe the symmetry and balance of the temple. They design pediments and columns and draw figures for the pediment. They sculpt temples and create artowrk containing visual metaphors that express the traditions and myths of Greece.

Stained Glass Story
Sixth Grade Artist

Students analyze both The Artist and His Model and a stained glass window designed by Chagall and find realistic and symbolic images. They identify the use of contrasting and complementary colors used to create mood, identify and describe the use of elements of art, including color shape, line, and space, and describe how repetition of color and shape help unify the composition. They draw fantasy stories with realistc and abstract images, make stained glass replicas using bright colors to create mood, and critique their own and others' artwork based on criteria selected for this project.

Arch with Watercolor Background
Sixth Grade Artist

Students analyze The Oath of Horatii and learn about Roman times and classical styles of architecture and clothing. They identify the way the architecture in the painting visually divides the story into three parts and identify and describe the use of elements of art, including color, shape/form, line, texture, space, and value. They describe how color, line, and triangular composition help tell the story, create artwork containing visual metaphors that express the traditions and myths of Rome. They draw Roman arches and temples using two-point perspective.

Charcoal and Pastel Portraits
Sixth Grade Artist

Students analyze Portrait of a Man and decribe how artists can show the same theme using different media and styles. They compare idealized Greek portraits and realistic Roman portraits and describe how they changed over time. They identify and describe the use of elements of art, including color, shape/form, line, texture, and value, draw idealized charcoal portraits in the Greek style, and draw realistic portraits with chalk pastel in the Roman style to show expressive features and form. They create artwork containing visual metaphors that express the traditions of Greece and Rome and mount the idealized and realistic portraits together to show the contrasting cultural values.

Tempera Circles Composition
Sixth Grade Artist

Students analyze No. 123-A and learn about Delaunay's use of geometric shapes in her designs. They identify the "rules," or structure, of her composition, identify and describe the use of elements of art, including color, shape/form, line, space, and value, and design rules and compose designs based on geometric shapes and color theory. They describe positive and negative space, draw concentric and overlapping shapes, and paint a series of circles using tertiary colors, complements, and contrasts in a balanced arrangement. They critique their own and others' artwork based on criteria selected for this project.