Grade Five Beyond Reality

The Grade Fives and I are using a resource from the web http://www.artsask.ca/.  This fabulous website takes us through thematic categories, artists, artworks from galleries in Saskatchewan.  It has videos, artist statements, and studio activities that make quality art education easier.  We are exploring the theme Beyond Representation.  To gain an understanding of abstract art they created cardboard sculptures we hotglued and spray painted to be an ode to Douglas Bentham, a metal artist with an artwork titled, Skywalker.  We then looked at the other artists in the theme and came up with four critieria we will include in an abstract artwork.  The critieria was Repetition, Circular Image, using non-traditional painting tools, and using textural items added to paint.  We experiemented today with using non-traditional painting tools which we found around the school/yard.  Check out our video.