This selection of favorite projects illustrates how students explore broader themes through their art, and draw on  a variety of artistic styles, materials and techniques which they practice on previous, smaller works and in sketches. The units foster exploration, critical thinking and reflection about their creative choices, and collaboration and communication with peers in discussions and presentations.

Favorite themes in grades 5 and 6:

• Best In Show animal portraits (acrylics) on paper) Women Who Dared - researching the lives of famous women and creating paper collages 

• I'm puzzled - Can you guess who I am? (acrylics and paper collage on canvas)

• Vacation in a Painting (visual story telling, acrylics on canvas)

• My Favorite Song abstract painting (ink and watercolor)

• Watch Me Dance figure drawings (oil pastels)

• An important person in my life (pen and ink drawings), 

• Fairy Gardens: observing nature (clay sculptures) 

• Creating pottery on the wheel and glazing to explore physical forces and states of matter