3rd grade has been busy going from chalk landscapes to a tempera still life. We started our landscape study using Ted Harrison's artworks as our inspiration. We learned about the people, weather and landscapes of the Yukon. The students drew their landscape on black paper then covered those lines in glue. After the glue dried they filled the spaces with chalk pastels, blending to creating different shades/values of their colors. We also learned about the stone symbols left behind by the Inuit Native Americans of the Yukon, called Inukshuk. The students created their own Inukshuk and added them to their chalk landscapes. After our landscape study we moved to an ornament still life. Students created layered circles, then added shading, cross hatching, details and reflections to create the illusion of form. They used tempera cakes, which was a new medium for them. Both artworks were so original and beautiful.
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