4th grade art lessons
The fourth grade elementary art lessons on this web site are easy to follow with step-by-step photographs of each project. All art lessons leave room for creative expression. Each art project has references, step-by-step pictures, + a lesson plan. Scroll down on each project page for all the information. These projects can even be completed by young children without adult direction. All they need to do is follow the steps. Some mediums that might be used are paper, crayons, makers, tempera paints, watercolor paints, oil pastels, clay, or a combination of mediums.
A few of the projects included in site:
A few of the projects included in site:
prints of native american rock art symbols
Fourth grade students look at examples of actual native american rock art symbols. They draw a symbol of their choice with a border on a foam printing plate. Students learn how simple mono prints are made when project is complete.
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oil pastel floral still life
Elementary fourth grade students will make a simple, floral still life illustration using oil pastels. Artwork will include a vase, daisies, and the ground line. The artwork will include a background and a foreground. The vase will have a pattern illustrated in color on it's surface.
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notan
Fourth grade students learn the term 'Notan" which is used by the Japanese to express the principle of “dark-light” as an element of design. Notan also demonstrates the principle of positive + negative space. the common symbol that illustrates this concept is the yin + yang symbol, a balanced mirror image of black + white. Counterchange is switching the background + foreground in a design. Using construction paper, students create a design of positive + negative space.
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