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Western Cactus!!!

Students used glue to create an outline of a cactus and then colored them in with chalk pastels. We especially worked on blending techniques in which we colored them from light to dark depending on where the light was coming from in our picture. We also made new colors by blending two colors together!

Central American TOUCANS!!!

Students learned about Toucans, including their eating, migrating, and general living habits! We then sketched
them and colored them with oil pastels. Students added jungle plants and vines around their Toucans and
we finished them by watercoloring the backgrounds in jungle colors.

The Calabash Cat (and other animals)

Students learned about Africa as we read the book "The Calabash Cat!" We then discussed patterns and using variety in our designs. Students created their own Calabash animals and then filled them with patterns. We finished by mounting them on black paper.

Maria Martinez Ceramic Coil Pots

Students learned about legendary ceramicist Maria Martinez and her special techniques of creating pottery. Students were then ggive one class period to build a coil pot as large as possible in the given time period. once completed, the student pottery was fired and then given to the students to glaze.

Petroglyph Printmaking

Students learned about Native American cave art called petroglyphs and pictographs. Students then created their own cave art using symbols from this time period. We then carved our ideas on our printing plates and made several prints!

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Student's learned about painter Paul Cezanne and his colorful still-life's! We started by sketching out our fruit and baskets with black paint. We then used warm colors to paint the basket full of fruit and cool colors to paint the table and background. We finished them by adding white highlights on the fruit!

Students learned about famous sculptor Louise Nevelson and her awesome assemblage sculptures. She used
pieces of wood to assemble different sculptures. We used assorted recycled computer parts to assemble
robots. Students had a variety of parts generously donated by TechnoRescue in Denver to use to assemble a
figure based robot. We glued the pieces on black railroad board and sketched our designs when finished. Students
then wrote creative stories about their robots including coming up with funny names, jobs, and favorite foods!

Students learned about famous sculptor Alexander Calder and his stabiles. We discussed the reasons
Calder would place his whimsical sculptures in big cities and then students were asked to recreate
their own Stabile by cutting organic shapes out and coloring them the same on all four sides. We
assembled them and glued them to a base.

Jasper Johns Numbers

Students studied contemporary artist Jasper Johns and his beautiful numbers paintings! Students learned that Jasper Johns chose numbers for his art because he didnt think people paid much attention to them even though we use them every day. He was very fascinated with making the ordinary extraordinary! We drew a 3x4 grid on paper and then used number stencils to fill the spaces interestingly. Students then created two patterns in each square with the idea of making the numbers POP out!