Fifth grade's A.R.T. (Art Related Theme) is IDENTITY.
The first unit is called Inside/Out and the girls learn about seeing the negative space - the space around the object. They practiced seeing in this new way by painting leaves.
First, they learned to "activate the negative space" by fitting the subject into a rectangle making the negative shapes like puzzle pieces. Then, they painted the negative space revealing the leaf shape. Next, they adjusted the contour line of the leaf by painting the positive shape. The results are cheerful and colorful but have the push and pull tension of trying to get it just right!
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