Students in third grade have been learning about how art can teach us about other cultures and time periods with a focus on Aborginal art. They observed various artworks to find that the Aborigines had a distinct style in their art. They would use a variety of lines and shapes to draw the insides of the animal in an x-ray style of design. They used symbols to tell a story, and added dots with paint. Traditionally Aboriginal artwork was painted on tree bark, so we added a stick as a method for hanging our work as an extra touch!

What makes something look whimsical? Third grade students were asked this question before beginning their owl drawings. They looked at various works of art and determined that whimsical art is colorful, fun, unusual and fantasy like. They then were presented with the challenge of drawing an owl that demonstrates their understanding of how to use line, shape and color to create a whimsical owl. Their owls also had to include pattern and complementary color pairs: red & green, purple & yellow, and orange & blue.