Picasso Portraits

The fifth grade students created these diptych paintings after viewing Pablo Picasso's work, specifically focusing on his Blue and Rose Periods. Their goal was to create two identical self-portrait contour drawings on mylar and using color to dislay different moods for each portrait. The paintings were created in acrylic paint, using a reverse application approach.

From Value to Volume

The fourth grade students did an amazing job using just black and white paint to make their self-portraits look 3D. In this project, they observed all of the different planes on their faces that create shadows and highlights and carefully mixed different values of paint to match these. To go along with the Value theme, the students surrounded their paintings with words describing things that they value in their lives.

Kandinsky to O'Keefe

In this project, the 4th grade students investegated a variety artists ranging from the Expressionist Wassily Kandinsky to Georgia O'Keefe, ultimately choosing a specific work or style to explore thoruhg their own art. In seeking other artists for inspiration, the students are exposed to a wide range of color palettes, compositions, styles and subject matter, allowing them to not only learn from the masters, but to also discover what specific features in art they are interested in.

Third Grade Picasso Portraits

These wonderful collages created by Ms. Gerke's class were based off of Pablo Picasso's cubist portraits. The third graders mastered collage techniques, when they constructed their artwork using only construction paper and magazine scraps. Please stop by the OWS library to see the entire third grade collection on display!