4-Fourth+Grade

//** This year 4th grade will be studying four units throughout the school year. These units are: **// //** Realism **// //** Impressionism **// //** Expressionism **// //** Abstraction **// Each unit is a study of an art style and will consist of several projects completed throughout the marking period.

In Quarter 1, students will begin with a study of Realism and the concept of Luminosity. They created mixed-media candle compositions using both marker and chalk. Examples can be seen below.

__**Luminous Candles:**__

In studying Expressionism, students learned about artist, Franz Marc and his famous, "Yellow Cow" composition. They created their own versions of the drawing and colored the cow in a hue corresponding to the emotion they were looking to convey. See samples below.

__**"Yellow" Cow Compositions:**__

In continuing with their study of Expressionism, students in fourth grade created a series of faces on a creature of their choice demonstrating specific emotions. Examples of these assignments can be seen below.

__**Expressionistic Compositions:**__