4th Grade Art Page

Romare Bearden "Block" Collages:
Students studied the artist Romare Bearden and his detailed collages. We based our project on Romie's most famous collage "The Block." Students then created their own "Blocks" using assorted paper and magazines.

Picasso Self-Portraits
Students studied the artist Pablo Picasso and his use of color and cubism. Students then sketched themselves using mirrors and combined two images (profile & front view) of themselves in one portrait. Students then used line to create interesting shapes (cubism) within their faces. Students colored each shape with oil pastels and then finshed them by watercoloring the background.

Adire Eleko & Senufo African Art
Students studied the African art of tribes Adire Eleko and Senufo. First they created "mudcloth" with symbols used in the Adire Eleko Tribe for the background. The students used Senufo tribes way of creating stylized animals for the foregroung of their picture. We finished, by mounting their art on black paper.

Mondrian Contrast Designs
Students studied the paintings of Abstract Artist Mondrian and his use of lines, patterns, colors, and shapes. Then students created a grid using markers and filled the sections with colorful patterns. We then created contrast by tracing our hands and creating a box of black and white versions of the color patterns.

Fourth Grade 2004-2005 Artwork

Fourth Grade 2005-2006 Artwork