Showing posts with label Egypt. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Egypt. Show all posts

Monday, November 14, 2011

5th Grade Egyptian Friezes

5th grade artists learned about ancient Egyptian wall art called friezes. They created their own Egyptian friezes using Ancient egyptian rules for body positioning and correct human figure proportions. Then they learned about how the ancient Egyptians used hieroglyphics instead of the alphabet. They used hieroglyphics to decorate the sides of their artwork!







4th grade Canopic Jars

4th Graders used form to create these clay Egyptian canopic jars. They learned about the Egyptian mummification process, and ancient Egyptian culture. 









2nd grade King Tuts

2nd grade artists learned about ancient Egyptian life and culture. They created these king Tut portraits with golden oil pastels!





Monday, October 24, 2011

1st grade Egyptian Pyramids

First graders studied the architecture of the pyramids! They learned about who was buried there and some of the art that was found by archeologists. They practiced blending paint in their sunsets and created a patterned frame with stamps and line designs.