Symbols of the United States (aka, MORE patriotic art!)

Here are the final examples of patriotic art.  We learned about some different symbols of the United States, then we created projects using some of those.

Collaged eagles with creative, red, white, and blue backgrounds.

Statue of liberty drawings glued to either a red, white and blue background OR a fireworks background. 

African Landscapes

 In 4th grade we have been doing some complex artwork.  Students made these African landscapes using basic atmospheric perspective and proportion concepts.  We first watched a video about the Wildebeest Migration (3 minutes) then looked at some proportions/sizes of the major animals compared to a 6-foot man and each other.  We studied images of African landscapes.  Then we drew our own landscapes, colored them, put them in a sheet protector and traced in sharpie, and finally made a border.  Our borders contain complex patterns, not simple ones, and we used Adinkra symbols in the corners.  Art is hard work!