5th grade fall art projects

Before you begin, study different shapes, sizes and types of pumpkins AND the lines on the pumpkin from different perspectives. When lines bend in a shape to conform to the outside, it is called CONTOUR LINE. This happens in many objects. These videos will help you better understand cross contour line. That may seem complicated... WE will start SIMPLE, with PUMPKINS The top and bottom of the pumpkin is where the lines start and stop. This is the top stem and blossom bottom end. Didn't know…

There are so many amazing Fall Leaf Art Projects online that it's hard to go wrong! We've done quite a few over the years with great success, but this year I think we've hit gold

I love this project for drawing FORM on a 2D surface. Highlight and shadow... blending analogous

This week, 3rd grade is trying something new! I found this on A Faithful Attempt blog, and wanted to try it with our students! Here's how we created ours! Materials: 90 lb paper (got to have thick paper!) Sargent chalk pastels Crayola Oil Pastels Sax India ink Ticonderoga pencils Day 1: We looked at the example on the Faithful Attempt blog, and looked at actual pumpkins. We observed the curved lines and different values (lights or darks) on the pumpkins. We observed they're not perfectly…

I wanted a cool one-point perspective lesson that didn't involve the typical 'cityscape'. So Grade 6's did a farm landscape instead. I did a brief lesson on the basics of one-point perspective. The kids had to include a scarecrow up-close, anywhere in the foreground, and a barn, farmhouse, etc. in the far background. Pumpkins needed to be scattered in the field in the middle ground and in varying sizes, depending on their location. We wanted these pictures to give a real sense of 'near' and…

Candy corn is FUN to create with chalk pastels! Lots of learning about light source, creating highlights, shadows, and reflected light. These candy corn works of art were created by kids ages 8-10. Follow for more art for kids!

Fall Op Art is a an easy and fun fall art project for the older kids in your home. Follow the simple step-by-step directions and teach your kids to create optical illusions with art. Find some pretty fall leaf patterns and give it a try.

I love this project for translating 3D forms on a 2D surface. Highlight and shadow... blending analogous colors... so fun! I prefer...

This fall tree art project for kids uses easy paper quilling to make the colorful autumn leaves and acrylic paint for the tree. A fun mixed media project that kids will love! Printable tree template included.

The 5th grade students learned about VALUE. VALUE is going from light to dark with any color. If you add white to a color you get lighter which is called a TINT. If you add black to a color you get a darker which is called a SHADE. Artists add value to an object to make in look 3-dimensional on a flat, 2-dimensional surface. The 5th grade students were able to choose a color of their choice for their background and create a value scale to represent the light coming from the moon. Finally…

MaryMaking: Paper Bag Owls and the Sharpie Art Workshop for Kids Giveaway!

Grade 4-6 students made these lovely falling leaves watercolour paintings using liquid watercolours. I was inspired by THIS post on ...

Margaret Storer-Roche Here is another attempt at using my Pinterest ideas...the above sample inspired a fun fall sharpie and "wat...

Art Room Britt: Kusama Dot Pumpkins

I'm a little behind on my blog posting, so I wanted to go ahead and include everything we've been working on recently into one post. 6th grade created these amazing larger-than-life candy corn painti

Art, math & nature study connection - warm and cool colors

This week, we looked at the art of Vincent Van Gogh, talked about the Element of Art, VALUE, and started creating these cute lil pumpkin paintings! Here's Van Gogh's painting, we were inspired by. Starry Night Here's how we did it! Day 1: Drew the pumpkin on a 12"x12" piece of 90 lb paper with Mrs. Stacey. We started with the middle section and worked our way out. Then, we drew the objects in the background, with a pencil. Then, we traced with Crayola Oil Pastels. I like the giant class…

Explore chalk pastels with this fun Fall art lesson for kids & beginners. Kids will love making this easy pumpkin drawing with chalk.