This spring fourth graders engage in a variety of drawing
activities. They learn about blended shading, hatching and cross
hatching. These techniques are applied to different themes
including 'wild things' based on the book 'Where the Wild Things
Are'. Students are also learning about specific art terms
including the elements and principles of design. In the winter
months the students created clay figurines inspired by he
storyteller figures of the SW Indians. They spent days forming
and sculpting their clay. For the Southside Foundation this year
the fourth graders are creating dragon pictures. They examine a
variety of dragon examples, then we begin this as a group.
Students let their imaginations take them in wild directions as
they complete these colorful marker pictures. Back in quarter
two fourth graders painted Asian themed paintings. They picked a
color scheme and mixed colors. Black ink is added to emphasize
important areas and add details. These turn out very lovely and
several will be on display at