Class Project: Make a color resist painting of a landscape, seascape, cityscape or skyscape!
Homework: Draw and color a few elements from each of the different landscape categories in your Art notebook: sky, land, water, living things and manmade.

Class Project: Illustrate parts of a favorite book
Homework: Finish anything not completed in class

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September: Lines and Shapes
*Artist of the month: Frank Stella

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October- Portraits
*Artist of the Month - Leonardo De Vinci

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the "Mona Lisa"
Leonardo's most famous painting, the Mona Lisa, with her haunting smile has captured the imaginations of people since it was first painted...Go online with your child and explore Da Vinci's realistic portraits!

Classwork: We will write definitions and drawings about expressions in our notebooks and Make a caricature of ourselves in our Halloween Costumes.

October Homework: Family Expressions
Make a journal page with 4 boxes on a piece of printer paper. 
Draw and color happy, sad, mad, and scared emojis
like the ones we drew in class.
Add ears, noses and hair! Add hats, ribbons and earrings!
Make them look like people in your family.
Label each box with the name of the person that you drew!
(Mom, Dad, Brother,Sister, Grandma, Grandpa, Best Friend)
(Due October 18)

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Student Artists of the Month:

Halloween Caricatures
Victoria Rzeszutko                     Juan Jorge       
    

John Andes                  Brianna Miranda
    

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November: 3D Art-Crafts
*Art of the Month - Japanese Fan Painting

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Class Project: We will draw, paint and fold a Japanese style hand Fan
Homework: Make a craft from clay, beads, yarn, carboard, 
or craft sticks... Due November 22

December/January Homework: Craft project
Make a craft from clay, beads, yarn, carboard, 
or craft sticks...
 
Suggestions-
Woodwork: balsa wood or craft sticks
Birdhouses,
picture frames
Pencil holders
catch all trays 
model air planes

Metalwork: wire or foil
beaded jewelry (you can use elastic)
toy cars or boats

Needlework: yarn, thread and needles
weave potholders
crochet doll clothes,
scarf or hat
Embroider a kit

Pottery: Self-hardening clay (paint when dry), or model magic
a toy animal or doll
a plate
a vase
a statue

 
Andrew's class project

We will share with the class the weeks of 

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Student Artists of the Month:

Japanese Fans


whole class- fans

Native American Thunderbirds
Angelena                            Luca       
   
Vienna                               Harper
   

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December: 3D Art-Crafts
*Artists of the Month: 3D Graphic Design Artists

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Class Project: We will practice modeling 3D shapes. Then, we will make a 3D Christmas ornament from Model Magic clay
No Homework

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Student Artists of the Month:

Christmas Ornaments

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January: 3D Art/Sculpture
Artist of the month: Alexander Calder

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A mobile by Alexander Calder

Class Project: Using self-hardening clay,
we'll make a sculpture from 3D shapes
 January Homework: Color each side of each 3D shape drawn
in your art notebook a different color.
Check out the colorful and whimsical Artwork of Abstract Sculptor,
Alexander Caulder at Google.

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Student Artists of the Month:

3D Shape Sculptures
 

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February/March: Color
Artist of the month: Vincent Van Gogh

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Starry Night by
Vincent Van Gogh
Class Project: We will mix colors and paint a Winter Landscape/ rainbow sky!
Homework:  In your note books, use crayon to color in the rainbow and color wheel that we drew in class. Use the correct colors

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Student Artists of the month: 

Rainbows in the sky


Elias Jaarah                           Gabriel Ortega
    
Peyton Melious                     Emerald Moscoso
   

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April/May: Figure Drawing
Artist of the month: Osama Tazuka

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Class Project: Figure Drawing
Homework: Dress and Color in Figure Drawn in class

Anime characters by OsamuTazuka

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Student Artists of the Month:

Figure Drawing

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Grade 3 Art Supplies

Grade 3: 4 sharpened pencils,
1 pink or white eraser, a pencil sharpener,
4 oz. Elmer's glue, 2 glue sticks,
a pack of 24 regular sized Crayola crayons,
a notebook,
a 4 oz pack of model magic (any color)

and a t-shirt smock. 
an 8 to 10 pack of Crayola
classic markers (broad line for coloring),

and a tray of 8 Crayola watercolors,



50 sheet pack of mult-color construction paper (no glued edge).
Mark all supplies, including paint, markers, t-shirt and
notebook with your child’s name and grade.