3D and Shading

As we end the nine weeks I decide to do one more 3D project with my second graders. I taught them how to shade the design. I explain why we use shading in certain drawings and how to create designs with using curve lines

Repeat Pattern Color Wheel Showcase

Some of the 5th Grader's Work.

 Amonne

 Anessia

Jashonti

 These are unfinished, but I like the way they are starting to look.

Repeat pattern color wheels

Last nine weeks I had the 5th graders complete a repeat pattern color wheel. I changed it from the original idea of the think bubbles. I just thought it was a little too random the way I had it set up. I am glad I changed it I like the way some of these turned out way better. They really enjoyed this project, it gave them an opportunity to mix and make colors. They mixed secondary and tertiary colors. They eventually found out that mix red violet wasn't as had as they thought. Oh yeah I only gave them primary colors to do all the mixing oh and a certain amount for their group, for the whole class period. Can you imagine how upset some students were when their team mate mixed up their paint.

 I gave them stencils and told them they had to trace the image 12 times and some the image can be off the page. The only thing that wasn't allowed was over lapping.

 Ummm Mistakes. I laugh because I did not teach anything about brown on the color wheel. I was still amazed because the brown was not a yucky muddy brown but a very nice pretty brown. So we called it skyler brown. All mistakes are not bad. He still needs to repaint this and put the right color.

 Happy Color: To achieve skyler Brown he says he mixed all the primary colors and made sure he used a lot of red. Some body should try this.

Repeat Pattern Color wheel

So Test week is over now we are about to dive into our color wheel project. I know what you are think, isn't it the almost the end of the nine weeks. Yes you are correct. We have been learning about and physically doing some color mixing. I wanted them to get comfortable with the process because the next two projects are going to be nothing but color mixing. 5th and 4th grade projects usually roll over on to the next nine weeks. By that time they are use to the pace. ( I only see them nine times or eight times in a nine weeks)

I thank we are off to a good start.