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Peer reviewedLothian, Mary Louise – School Arts, 1979
Following a "building code" specified by their art teacher, sixth-graders designed and built cardboard townhouses to serve as permanent hallway decorations in their school. This article is one of four in this issue describing elementary level mural projects. (SJL)
Descriptors: Art Activities, Building Design, Childrens Art, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedLewis, Doris R. – School Arts, 1985
Described is an art activity in which sixth graders were asked to draw something that they hear. The children created aural pictures that were truly inventive personal interpretations. (RM)
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Education, Art Expression, Childrens Art
Peer reviewedAborjaily, N. C. – School Arts, 1990
Describes how a sixth grade class constructs wooden sculptures of people from scrap materials after viewing similar work by Pablo Picasso. Maintains that a limited budget does not limit childrens' imaginations. (KM)
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Education, Art Materials, Artists
Peer reviewedEnde-Saxe, Shirley – School Arts, 1990
Maintains that, by the time students reach sixth grade, they are tired of painting flowers. By viewing them through the eyes of the artist, Georgia OKeefe, students interests are revived. Students analyzed her methods and then drew and painted their own large scale paintings. (KM)
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Education, Artists, Childrens Art
Peer reviewedDaniel, Robert A. – School Arts, 1984
How third, fifth, and sixth graders made sculptures from polystyrene strips is described. Specific instructions for introducing the lesson are provided. (RM)
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Education, Art Materials, Art Products
Peer reviewedWeisensee, Marilyn – School Arts, 1990
Describes a relief printmaking unit for sixth graders with the objective of decorating the inside of a pyramid. Ancient Egyptian imagery was used to help students become familiar with the style. Students designed and printed linoleum prints in different colors. They then critiqued their work and made their selection for the pyramid. (KM)
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Education, Art Expression, Art History
Reeder, Dan – 1984
This book outlines a nontraditional approach to papier mache and a process called "cloth mache" with fifth- and sixty-grade students. The volume describes a process called "cloth mache," a technique neither widely known or practiced. By combining the two media, a new dimension of sculpture is opened to the student. The paper…
Descriptors: Art, Art Activities, Art Education, Art Expression
Peer reviewedBantz, Kay – School Arts, 1990
Outlines how a museum visit and the Looking/Learning article, "Painting: Neo-Impressionism," ("School Arts," September 1989) were used to inspire sixth grade students to make their own Neo-Impressionist works. Comments on the diversity of the students' techniques in attempting to blend color visually. (KM)
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Appreciation, Art Education, Art Expression
