3rd & 4th grade - 3-D Forms

We will be spending this week in art class working on drawing in 3-D.

Last week, we went over the main Geometric Forms very quickly. Today we will go over them again more slowly so that everyone will have a chance to practice, practice, practice!

The forms we will mostly be working on are...

RECTANGULAR PRISMS (including cubes)




TRIANGULAR PRISMS (including pyramids)



CYLINDERS



CONES




SPHERES

During this week, you will use these geometric forms to build 3-D drawings of houses, cars, and other objects around you!

4th grade - Guided Apple Assignment

The fourth grade classes followed along on a guided drawing lesson.  In this type of lesson, everyone is drawing the same thing, following the teacher's instructions.  In this lesson, the students created an apple.  The goal of the lesson was to strengthen the students' shading skills, while learning that they can shade in color!  Here are some student examples of a shaded apple...

4th grade - Vase/Face

The fourth grade classes explored the concept of positive/negative space by creating their own version of the famous optical illusion, vase/face.

Positive space is the shape or object that you notice first in a picture or drawing.  Let's say you are drawing a chair.  The chair itself creates the positive shape on your paper.

Negative space is made up of the shapes around the positive spaces.  In the example of drawing a chair, it is the shapes of the spaces AROUND the chair.  This includes any shapes made by holes in the chair.  Artists can use these negative shapes to help them form an accurate picture of the chair itself.  Being able to switch back and forth between seeing positive and negative space can help your artistic skills a lot.

Here are some student examples of vase/face!