Franklin has a long standing tradition of celebrating and honoring our veterans.  This project was done by our fifth graders and will decorate the walls of the school to honor our veterans.  The students had to create a silhouette, which is always a bit challenging since the kids have to think in terms of outlines only.  We talked about adding different values in the sky and making sure we had a balance of color to offset the harshness of the black.  The students used watercolor and acrylic paints for this project.

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The fifth graders did a great job on their koi fish.  We drew them together, but the students were allowed to change things such as eyes and fins. The students then learned how to shade with oil pastels.  They could do their fish any color they wanted, but had to use three values in the scales for the shading. When they were done with coloring the fish I explained that they needed to mix together at least two colors in the background, using wet-in-wet. We discussed the importance of contrast when choosing a background color.

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The fifth graders created these awesome mugs filled with a beverage of their choice for their Original Works project this year.  Our main goals in this project were to work on pattern and color while creating these beautiful works of art.  Since the students had their choice of colors we talked about making sure that they had good contrast in their drawing so the mugs didn’t disappear into the background.

The fifth graders created these awesome mugs filled with a beverage of their choice for their Original Works project this year.  Our main goals in this project were to work on pattern and color while creating these beautiful works of art.  Since the students had their choice of colors we talked about making sure that they had good contrast in their drawing so the mugs didn’t disappear into the background.