To see current artwork visit the 2012-2013 grade 5 art tab above!
Personality Portraits
Art allows to express ourselves and art also can show us what people, places, animals and objects have looked like. You should be able to look at our self portraits and not only get a sense of what we look like as fifth graders, but also different elements of our personalities. Take a look, what do you think we are trying to express about ourselves?
Whimsical Birds
As an introduction to our clay unit this year, 5th graders learned how to make birds out of clay slabs. This technique was later used to create a masks.
Clay Masks!
Each year 5th grade students make a mask project. This year we decided to make them out of earth clay. We applied the slab technique that we practiced with our birds but also used other techniques like coiling and pinching. Each of our mask designs were inspired by the function we wanted it to have. Some were for entertainment, dance, costumes, to scare away evil and for healing.