Lines, lines, everywhere there’s lines…

This bulletin board is a combination of the third grade’s Starry, Starry Night by Vincent Van Gogh and the six grade’s black ink square designs.  I got the Starry, Starry Night example from my friend and fellow art teacher, Michelle Osborne.  We looked at Van Gogh’s artwork and discussed lines, emotions and color.  The kids loved creating the sky portion of this project.

Sixth grade created a composition of overlapping squares in black ink.  They had to create a pattern, but never repeat it.  This project helped a lot of my six grade ARTalympic students.  Students had to also incorporate their name somewhere into the composition.  I liked both of these projects so I decided to hang them together.

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All Dressed Up

2nd graders studied the artist Peter Max and his crazy ties, colors and patterns.  Using symmetry, students created a long sleeve shirt and colored it using complementary colors.  Students could add a pocket with their name and we discussed how their shirt then became asymmetrical.  They loved creating the symmetrical ties and looking at all the crazy patterns we could add.