EXCELLENCE IN ART

What an amazing year! Such beautiful artwork was produced from these hard-working scholars.

A few projects from the end of the year:

5th grade one-point perspective drawings in oil pastel: master study of Claude Monet's The Avenue

Monet

5th grade agave still life study in watercolor

4th grade master study: Albrecht Durer's Great Piece of Turf in colored pencil

Durer

4th grade Chinese landscape hanging scrolls in dry pastel

 

 

4th grade watercolor seascapes: Winslow Homer inspired schooners

3rd grade master study: Georgia O'Keeffe's Bella Donna in oil pastel

O'Keeffe

3rd grade Grant Wood inspired watercolor landscapes

Wood's Stone City Iowa

3rd grade Navajo saddle blanket designs in colored pencil

   

Well done! I hope everyone is enjoying a safe and relaxing summer.

ART WALK

It is time for the annual spring Art Shows at Trivium East and Trivium West! These events will feature each scholar's best works from the year displayed in the hallways for friends and family to view. Archway Trivium East will be hosting their Art Walk this Friday, May 6th and Archway Trivium West will be combining spring concerts next week with the Art Walk on Tuesday, May 10th. Hope to see you there!

MICHELANGELO INSPIRED HAND DRAWINGS

The Renaissance was a “rebirth” of education, science, and the arts. It was a time of humanism, or the study of classical antiquity and its lifelike qualities. The Renaissance looked for realism and human emotion in art. Michelangelo Buonarroti was not only one of the greatest artists of the Renaissance but in all of history as well. He was talented in many fields including sculpting, painting, poetry, and architecture. He studied human anatomy to perfect realistic qualities of subjects in his work such as the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel and statue of David. 5th graders studied their hands and learned how to draw from close observation to depict contours and a range of values to achieve realism. They shaded their hands using a hatching or cross-hatching technique as Michelangelo and other Renaissance artists utilized in their sketches.

4TH GRADE GOTHIC CATHEDRALS

As we finished our Middle Ages Unit, 4th graders learned about Medieval architecture. Gothic architecture was ornate, decorative, and included many features including stained glass rose windows, pointed arches, spires, relief statues, and gargoyles. After viewing several buildings including the Notre Dame cathedral, students created a symmetrical design for their own Gothic cathedral using several of these features. The students used Sharpie to outlines their drawing to create contrast and shaded their rose windows with colored pencils to create a focal point.