Fifth Grade Romero Britto Drawings

We are back in the art room for our third quarter! This year we are rotating between computers and art, it has been fun and interesting for everyone! For our first project of the quarter, fifth graders are exploring the artwork of Romero Britto.  They really enjoy the bright colors that are seen within most of the artworks Britto creates, they were also intrigued as to why some appeared to be a little duller than others.

While looking at Britto's work, we discussed the ways in which he uses Cubism as well as Patterns.  Some of the works we viewed the colors and patterns made it difficult to see the subject of the work right away-while others the subject was easily seen.

The design challenge presented to students was to create their own artwork that has inspiration drawn from Britto's style.  Here are some of the solutions that students came up with:

Fourth Grade Pop Art

In Fourth Grade, our first project we discussed the artist Andy Warhol and the Pop Art movement.  We looked at how Andy utilized popular culture around him to create his artwork.  We created our own Pop Art drawings inspired by Andy's work, Fourth Graders selected something from their every day life that they wanted to use as their Pop Art image.  Some created candy, we are closing in on Halloween... it is on everyone's mind!  Others thought about clothing brands and some even created a depiction of their family pet.

After drawing, the students selected a group of colors to add to their artwork.  The same colors were rotated around, giving their drawings the identifiable Pop Art look.  Upon completion of coloring, students outlined their drawings to help their pencil lines stand out against their colors.