It has taken me four years to find a 5th grade landscape project that I really enjoy. I finally did it! These turned out so great and the students loved them! Before starting, we discussed different artistic movements including Surrealism and Fauvism. We compared Surrealism and Fauvism and talked about how during the Fauvism movement, artists used bright colors that didn't represent the world realistically. The 5th graders then created a landscape using colors like the Fauves! After drawing their landscape, students traced their foreground, middle ground, and background in black oil pastel.
