Fourth Grade Art Gallery

Chesapeake Bay Ecosystem Watercolors: Making Connections between Science and Art

Before creating these paintings, students described, analyzed, interpreted, and judged art work by Winslow Homer.

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Chesapeake Bay Named Fish

By including their first names in the center of their bay creature and adding colorful patterns, students turned a realistic drawing into a abstract art piece.

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Cubism Paintings

Students responded to artwork produced by Pablo Picasso and George Braque.

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Native American Weaving: God's Eyes

Students identified weavings and the textile arts from a variety of cultures.

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Geometric Designs: Sequencing and Stitchery

Students identified stitchery and other fabric decorations from a variety of cultures. This project was a good supplemental activity not only reinforcing mathematical skills but also following procedural steps.

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Magnets as Functional Assemblage Sculptures: Going Green

Students compared and contrasted modern assemblage to traditional collage and sculpture.  They learned that an assemblage is a 3- dimensional form created with everyday objects.

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