3rd Graders created their own Leaf Dot Art paintings inspired by the aboriginal dot artists from Australia! Check out their beautiful patterns and hidden symbols!
Example Australian Dot Painting
Tar Beach inspired by Faith Ringgold
Students created a mixed media collage inspired by Faith Ringgold's narrative quilt Tar Beach. In the story the main character dreams that she flies over the city and ends up owning the buildings. 3rd graders thought about what buildings they would like to own and created their own city which they would be flying over. The fabric squares around their narratives resemble the fabric Faith uses in her story quilts!
Sandra Silberzweig Selfies
3rd Graders applied the elements of design to their Sandra Silberzweig inspired portraits. We also discussed analogous color schemes and they applied them to their pictures.
Above is in an image of Faith Ringgold in front of one of her story quilts
Sandra is a contemporary artist from Canada. The image to the left is one of her paintings.
Coil Pots
Amate Bark Painting
Check out these beautiful paintings inspired by the folk art created in Mexico! These amate bark paintings are traditionally painted on the bark from amate trees and show themes of flora and fauna. Students created their paintings using these same themes and fluorescent paint.
Traditional Amate Bark Painting shown above
Eye to Eye
Below you will find some close ups of animal eyes! 3rd graders were challenged to draw a close up of an animal eye and create visual texture around their eye. Students also used value to create this visual texture.
Gyotaku Fish Prints
3rd graders practiced the art form of fish printing, which originated in Japan. This style of printing was used to record the fish that was caught. Students created an underwater scene with crayons and watercolors and then placed their fish print on top.