Ferdinand Hodler Landscapes

In 5th grade, we learned about the Swiss painter Ferdinand Hodler. Students practiced his style on photocopies using oil pastels, then created originals on final paper. They paid attention to thoughtful color pallets and blending the oil pastels, and the final pieces turned out beautiful.

 ORIGINAL FERDINAND HODLER PAINTINGS:

5TH GRADE FINAL RESULTS:

Photography Alphabet

In Graphic Design class, we are beginning to learn about typography and letters, so as an introduction to the unit students were assigned 3-4 different letters each that they had to photograph in a natural organic environment. We put the letters together to make a full alphabet, and here are the results:

Graphic Design pen and ink Optical Art

Graphic Design students learned about Optical Artists Bridget Riley and Victor Vasarely, and created their own version of black and white optical art. 

Tint & Shade landscapes

Last week, we learned how to use the hue of a color and create tints and shades by adding white and black. For this project, we used the same concept, but applied it to a landscape. 5th graders created "tint and shade landscapes"  using the skills they learned in the last exercise.

Graphic Design varied simple compositions

Graphic Design students delved deeper into their basic black and white compositions using black ink instead of cutting and pasting. They created 12 squares on their paper, and used lines for the top row, shapes for the 2nd row, a repeating pattern/ grid for the 3rd row, and organic shapes for the 4th row. They spent a very long time on these compositions and they turned out beautifully.