Line sculptures and Munch Screams

Second Graders practiced making and labelling different types of line, even inventing descriptive names for ones that don't have one already. Then, after studying Matisse's Paper Cutouts, students folded, curled and twisted paper to create a lines sculpture. The solutions the students came up with continued to surprise me as the unit progressed. I loved how you can see a new idea spread across a table as student comes up with a create folding solution.

I think this is my new favorite projects. Every one came out amazing and the students had a blast making them. Even my other classes have been begging to do this project just based on how they came out. The only down side is they're impossible to store!

Third Graders studied Edvard Munch and discussed how he used line and color to express his extreme distress. Students brainstormed what makes them so frustrated that they feel like screaming and used this idea to create their own Munch drawings. Using oil pastels, students used lines to fill in each of their forms. Students found it challenging coloring in their picture while maintaining the appearance of the lines. Students really had to experiment with values and oil pastels techniques in order to make their ideas shine through.