October - Pumpkin Drawings

 

In October, 4th Grade students drew pumpkins at night in oil pastel. They learned how to use value shading to draw shadows in their pictures. Students learned about the importance of a light source in a drawing when using value shading.

Students in 5th and 6th Grade learned to draw pumpkins using value shading in pencil. They used a variety of values in their drawings to make their pumpkins appear 3D. Later, details and texture were added to their pictures.

Students in Grades 2 and 3 created drawings of pumpkins inspired by the paintings of Brazilian artist, Romero Britto. Pattern and repetition were used in the design. Warm colors were used for the pumpkin and cool colors for the background.

Distance Learning Art

Salem Hyde artists created these amazing artworks during their Distance Learning.

                                              

                                             Grade 5

                                      Grade 3

                                                

                                                Grade 6

                                              Grade 6

                                     Grade 1

                                     Kindergarten

                                      Grade 5

                                                   Grade 4

                                              Grade 5

                                              Grade 3

Rain Forest Animals

Fifth grade students read the story, The Great Kapok Tree, about the Amazon Rain Forest. Students chose an animal from the rain forest as the subject for a pastel drawing on black paper. They

learned pastel techniques and used the artistic concept of overlapping in their pictures.

Superhero Self-Portraits

Superhero Self-Portraits

Third grade students created self-portraits as superheroes utilizing the mediums of drawing and collage. They discussed their "superpowers" which are their special abilities and talents. A cityscape was incorporated as the background.

Authors and Illustrators Tile Mural

Authors and Illustrators Tile Mural

During the 2017-2018 school year, Salem Hyde received a grant from the Syracuse City School District Educational Foundation for an interdisciplinary project entitled 

Authors and Illustrators Tile Mural. Fifth grade students researched their favorite authors and illustrators in our school library and then created glazed ceramic tiles in art class. The tiles are student interpretations of illustrations from their chosen books. The mural, installed in the Salem Hyde library, was unveiled in a ceremony in June of 2018.

October Lessons

Here are the projects students are working on in October.

Grade 6 - Sun Designs

Objective: Students will be able to use the Elements of Art and the Principles of Design to create a sun design inspired by Northwest Coast Native American art.

Sixth grade students learned about the traditional carved wooden sun designs of the Native American people of the Northwest Coast of North America. They first created a symmetrical drawing with thickly applied crayon.  The crayon drawing is then completely covered with black ink. When the ink is dried, texture is created with a scratching tool giving the appearance of wood.

Grade 5 - Animals of the Rain Forest Biome Pastel Drawing

Objective: Students will be able to use pastel drawing techniques to create a drawing of an animal of the tropical rainforest biome.

Fifth grade students listened to the story, The Great Kapok Tree, by Lynne Cherry. Then then chose an animal from the rainforest as the subject of their drawing. First, students draw the lines in oil crayon and then colors were filled in using pastel blending techniques.

Grade 4 - Middle Eastern Architecture

Objective:  Students will be able to create an original work of architecture using the elements of art.

Students looked at and discussed photographs of the Taj Mahal in India. They also visited a website for a virtual tour of the Taj Mahal. Students then created their own original works of Middle Eastern architecture in oil pastel.

Grade 3 - Watercolor Whales

Objective:  Students will be able to use the Elements of Art and watercolor technique to create a watercolor painting.

Students began by viewing and discussing paintings of whales by famous artists. They learned how to draw orca whales in black crayon. Currently, students are learning to mix watercolors to paint sea and mountains.

Grade 2 - Starry Night Watercolor Painting

Objective:  Students will be able to create a watercolor resist painting using warm and cool colors and repetition of line and geometric shape.

Students are learning about warm and cool colors along with geometric shape and repetition by creating their own version of The Starry Night. The lesson began with students viewing and discussing The Starry Night by Vincent Van Gogh. They then drew stars and planets with oil pastels  in warm colors. Cool color watercolor paints were applied for the background. In the final step, a horizon line, trees and houses will be added to the background.

Grade 1 - Landscape with Farm Animals

Objective: Students will be able to create a landscape painting of a farm using a horizon line, foreground and background.

Students viewed a painting of cows by Vincent Van Gogh and identified the horizon line, foreground and background. They then learned to draw cows using shapes and lines. Farm animals, barns and other details were incorporated into the picture. The details were then colored in crayon and painted over using watercolor paint.

Kindergarten - Pumpkins at Night

Objective: Students will be able to create a picture of a pumpkin using drawing, painting and cutting skills.

Students are learning to draw pumpkins and to mix the color orange from red and yellow paint. The pumpkin paintings will then be cut out and incorporated into a collage of a pumpkin at night. Students will draw details such as stars, moon and vines in their pictures.