5th Grade Hand Line Design Project

Fifth grade students used their creativity and knowledge of line to create this project. They traced their hands and created various line designs within each section of the hands using thick and thin sharpies. They also had a few choices for the background that they completed. These projects were easy and they are amazing works of art!

Check those that were uploaded to Artsonia here: 5th Hand Line Design

5th Grade Color Mixing Project

Fifth graders created amazing paintings where they focused on their color mixing. They used only the three primary colors: yellow, red, and blue, to create all three secondary colors and all six intermediate colors. The result was amazing! Most students also published their artwork to Artsonia. Check out the projects here: Overlapping Shapes/Color Mixing

Objective(s)—Students will be able to....

• Create a unique composition using overlapping shapes.
• Review/ recall mixing primary colors to create secondary colors.
• Mix primary and secondary colors to create intermediate colors.
• Neatly paint all colors  (p, s, i) from color  wheel within designated shapes in design.
• Create 13 different patterns using lines and shapes.

6th Grade Radial Color Wheels

Sixth grade students are finishing up their radial color wheel project. They designed and painted them with hues, tints, and shades all the primary, secondary, and intermediate colors. Here are the project objectives:

Objective(s)—Students will be able to...

• Identify and create a design with radial symmetry.
• Identify the primary colors and mix those to create the secondary and intermediate colors.
• Identify what a hue is.
• Identify and create tints and shades of various colors.
• Neatly paint a radial design as a color wheel with a hue, tint, and shade in the 12 colors of a color wheel.

Most students published their painting to Artsonia using our new classroom iPads! Check out the pics here: 6th Grade Radial Color Wheels.

Students also used two different apps to manipulate a photo of their color wheel and they also uploaded them to Artsonia. The apps were Percolator and Wordfoto.

In Percolator students adjusted the style of their color wheels. See the projects here: Percolator Color Wheels.

In Wordfoto students used a minimum of 5 words to describe their project and then superimposed those words onto their painting. See the projects here: Wordfoto Radial Color Wheels.

Artsonia!

Artsonia is a website that I am trying out for the first time this year with my students. So far, it's pretty awesome. I created a username for each student and an email has been sent to each parent (as long as one is on file in Skyward) asking for their account to be activated. Most of my students' have activated accounts. This week I had students begin to upload their artwork to the site. They can still upload it even without parent permission on the account, it simply won't be public on the web.

Artsonia is basically a permanent online digital portfolio of student artwork. Students take photos of their artwork in class and use the Artsonia app (on our new art room ipads) to upload their work to the site. Once I approve the images it is available for all to see on the web. Parents can even comment on the artwork via the website. The kids are really excited to see their work up on the site. A few have even asked if they could add art they've made outside of school or during 'free draw' time in class (for early finishers). Check out Hillcrest's Artsonia page here and see what we've got up there so far! :)

Hillcrest's Artsonia Page