Castlehill Art

5th Grade Art

 

Students learned how to make a two-dimensional space

appear three-dimensional by using 1 point                         

perspective.  They used a vanishing point to create an

interior room. Sharpie and colored pencil.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trees were the main focus of our Tin Repousse

projects.  Repousse is a metalworking technique in

which a malleable metal is shaped by working

from the reverse side to create a design in

low relief. Tin and metallic colored pencil.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Papier Mache was the medium for these fun                          

spider sculptures.  The students constructed an armature,               

papier mached the body, added the wire legs, and painted                        

each to give them a unique look.                                                  

                                                                                  

 

 

 

Venetian masks were the inspiration for these

original and creative mask projects.  They each had

to start with a theme, follow a color scheme, and manipulate

paper and other materials to create a decorative,

sculptural piece of art.

 

 

 

 

 

Two pinch pots were the basic structure for these                  

clay boxes and the student's creativity took it from                  

there!  We ended up with everything from hedgehogs               

to wookies to dog inspired boxes!

 

 

 

 

 

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Amedeo Modigliani was an Italian/Jewish painter and sculptor

that was best known for his portraits.  These portraits were

characterized by the elongation and stylization of faces, necks,

and facial features.  The fifth graders used these elements

to create their own "Modigliani" portrait out of pastel.

 

 

 

 

 

After studying the glass artist, Dale Chihuly, students

made a glass-looking sculpture using a wire structure and

special paints.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Each year the fifth graders get to go the Sonoran Glass School

for a field trip and follow up to our study of Dale Chihuly.  

They observe glassblowing in the hot shop and get to make

a piece of glass art in the warm shop.  These pieces are 

fused in a kiln like ceramic clay.  These are the pieces made

at the Sonoran Glass School this year.

 

 

 

 

Students made a series of relief prints after carving their

design into a rubber block material similar to linoleum.  They

printed an edition of 4 prints with black ink and then added

color with four different mediums.

 

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