The past two weeks, I have been talking to the third graders about murals. After learning a brief history about the Philadelphia Mural Arts Program, the students observed and discussed some local murals on the Smart board. I asked them to guess the meaning behind the artworks based on symbols and the design. Students recognized that the larger images in the mural were being emphasized, and they made very clever inferences. The students learned that they will be working in 3 separate groups to create a triptych mural with a message. (These murals will be small and portable and in one of my favorite creative mediums- collage).
So, what is the message? Since the third graders have been learning about immigration and migration, (in two classes) and women in science with their student teachers, these three collages will answer three essential questions related to their social studies topic. Last week, they met in small groups to brainstorm, and this week, they worked to translate their ideas into drawings and symbols using class texts as references. They ended class by sketching a layout for their groups' design based on their individual sketches.
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On Monday, the third graders did a great job finishing their layered art objects drawing. The objective was to create space by overlapping their objects, but to also emphasize just one object using contrasting colors (such as warm and cool colors for the objects and the background. This was a great exercise to introduce them to the design principles of emphasis and contrast- they've seem to have the hang of it now. I love how these turned out!
The past two weeks, the third graders have been working on an exercise on emphasis, a key principle of design. Last week, students did a great job describing what was being emphasized in a variety of works I showed them via powerpoint. Their first job was to create space on their paper by tracing and drawing overlapping art objects.
This week, I stressed that one way to create emphasis is to use contrasting colors. We reviewed what colors fall into the categories of warm and cool, and students were asked to emphasize one object in their drawing by coloring it the opposite color group compared to the background and other art objects. This sounds complicated, but their work speaks for itself. Students are still working, but these are off to a great start! |
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