5th grade Self-Portraits

By Lily R.

This year I have become a better artist than I was when I came to this school. I have learned so much from drawing self portraits. This year we combined what we have learned from every single year and made a self portrait of our selves. I got so much feedback and support from Ms. Palefsky. We were not aloud to get help from other people. This really effected my work because I am not the best at drawing eyes so she really encouraged me to try my hardest. 

Each year, 5th graders create self-portraits to be used in the school yearbook. Just like Norman Rockwell, they use mirrors to notice the small lines and shapes that make up our faces, and make us unique.

 

 

 

Placement & Proportion

Detailed Features

* BONUS *

Matt H. takes on a digital challenge:

  he creates a cartooned version of his self-portrait using Photoshop.

Neuberger Museum

4th Grade Explores African Art - By Casey J., Brendan G.

This is a mask. It was used for ceremonies, and to scare people and animals away. 

It's also a combination of animals. For example, the front horns are from a warthog, 

and the teeth are from an alligator. It's very cool.

We looked at a mask of a bird in a nest, and another of a baboon in the left corner. 

We did not get to wear it or touch it, but we visualized it. It was very cool. 

Click to see our trip on the HCSD website!

click for info: Family First Saturdays

 The Neuberger Museum offers free events the first Saturday of most months 

featuring tours, art workshops & performances!

Still Life

Paul Cézanne (1839–1906) studied apples, flowerpots, and rumpled tablecloths until he understood them as their basic shapes: spheres, cylinders, and cones. He made the objects look more real, more three-dimensional, by gradually shifting from one color to another.  

5th graders worked with Cezanne-like focus, 

examining Line and Shape in observational drawings.

Roman wall painting in Pompeii (around 70 AD)

Still life paintings were found on the interior of ancient Egyptian tombs. It was believed that food objects and other items depicted there would, in the afterlife, become real and available for use by the deceased.