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.

No Slackers with these Nutcrackers!

5th graders completed the other half of the nutcracker to make it SYMMETRICAL. They got creative with the coloring in! Good Work

Artwork by Breanna and Ashton

Artwork by Gabrieal and Tatiana
Artwork by Ahmad and Kiara Robinson
Artwork by Michael Scott and Donyell

How do you like "them" apples?

It was their first day learning to use pastels, and the 5th Graders did these awesome apples in one art period! Shows how much work you can get done when you focus on your work. Good work today 5th grade!

Artwork by Triniti

Artwork by Kiara L
Artwork by Mark
Artwork by Michael
Artwork by De'yannah
Artwork by Yuzerick
Artwork by Kiara R

Rock Art Rocks

2nd- 4th graders designed their own "Rock Art" (usually found in caves, carved into ROCKS thousands of years ago :-o) Okay, so we didn't carve into real rocks (it is spray painted foil), but we did use wooden sticks. Then we used sandpaper to make it look old, since rock art is OLDEST ART EVER!

Artwork by Michael
Artwork by Kerelyn
Artwork by Chyna
Artwork by Aberiyanna
Artwork by De'yannah
Artwork by Michaiya

Fernwood architects hired to design a skyscraper

The 4th-6th grade students are future architects hired to design a skyscraper to be built in 2121. Technology will be advanced, so their design could be as futuristic as they please. Their task was to draw the new skyscraper that will highlight the Chicago skyline. An architect came to class to help them with their designs. Look below to see the different skyscrapers they designed.

Artwork by Lawrence

Artwork by Ashton
Artwork by Ma'kayl
Artwork by Micheal
Artwork by KiaraL
Artwork by Nia
Artwork by KiaraW
Artwork by Jevon
Artwork by William
Artwork by Diamond

They also learned about the skyscrapers that are already in Chicago.
Artwork by Denadrian
Artwork by Dakest
Artwork by Letasha
Artwork by Deantay
We debated if it was fair that the Petronas Towers are taller than the Sears Tower, what do you think? ☺

And they learned about "the Spire" which is the skyscraper being built in Chicago as we speak. Below is what the Chicago skyline will look with the spire.