Our Great Waves

6th graders have been studying different types of wavy and curved lines. Also with it being hurricane season, we re-created "The Great Wave", one of the most recognizable works of art from Japan. They also recently practiced drawing trees using spiral lines, so some students chose to have trees growing in their water. As always I was impressed with the variety of styles.

"The Great Wave off Kanagawa" by Hokusai.

Artwork by William
Artwork by Constance


Artwork by DaMarques
Artwork by Kiara L and Michael
Artwork by Ahmad
Artwork by Triniti

Artwork by Makayl
Artwork by Kiara R
Artwork by Gabrieal
Artwork by Jevon
Artwork by Lawuan

"The Great Wave" is seen often in pop culture (popular culture like t-shirts, advertising, etc) and reproduced in other type of artwork such as the sculptures below.

Below are examples of "The Great Wave" as seen in pop culture that I found online.

Tessellation Fascination (5th Grade)

Artwork from top left (click for close-up) Brianna, Yuzerick, William, Jevon, Randy, Triniti

Artwork by Indiya

Artwork by Jermaine

Artwork by Tatiana

Artwork by Dasmin
Artwork by Triniti
Artwork by Telia
Artwork by Makayl

Artwork by Xavier

Artwork by Donyell
Artwork by Gabrieal
Artwork by Kiara L
Artwork by Damien

Lines are Roaring

This year, we focused on using all the different types of lines in the Lion's Mane. Line and Lion are homophones (same sound different meaning). Can you think of any other homophones?

Artwork by Xavier

Artwork by Brianna
Artwork by Makayl
Artwork by Triniti
Artwork by Kiara L

Op Art, did we trick your eye?

Optical Art, known as OP art, is art that tricks the eye. Does our artwork look like it is moving? Does it look 3-D? Tricking the eye is not an easy task, so some students just made an awesome looking design using curved lines! That is fine with me, what matters most to me, is that YOU are happy with your completed project. Your artwork demonstrates your style and work ethic in all aspects of life, not just art class. I was sad to see students give up so easily with this project, but happy to see those who did above and beyond what I imagined! Thank you to everyone who tried their best :-)

Artwork by Lashamere

Artwork by Heaven
Artwork by April

Artwork by Alania
Artwork by Brianna
Artwork by Makayl
Artwork by Jevon
Artwork by Yuzerick
Artwork by Triniti

Flower Power

Kiara, I see that you are posting comments right now...yah :-) Here is your flower, it is not finished yet, but still blog-worthy!

Artwork by Triniti
Artwork by Makayl

Artwork by Jada...This was from the Picasso Project, I was cleaning out artwork today and thinking about how much I love this one and I never posted it. Good Job Jada. Truly is a "Work of Art" :-)

Pablo Picasso’s Portraits and Profiles!

3-5th graders learned about portraits done by Pablo Picasso. Picasso liked to show the side-view of the face, called a profile, and the face from the front view in the same painting. Compare our portraits to his and you can see we did the same thing!


The three portraits above are by Picasso. Now compare them to our portraits below.

Artwork by Tyree, Jevon, Makayl, and Kiara W.
Artwork by Kiara L., Stephon, and Cartez
Artwork by Michiaya, Jermaine, Avionne
Artwork by Donyelle and Joseph B.
Artwork by Mark
Artwork by William and Ashton