4th Grade Drawing/Painting

with Marc Chagall

This was a fourth grade project that truly was designed just to fill the "in-between times" of our clay project. Never did I imagine that the results would be so fantastic! We began with a power-point slide-show of Marc Chagall's paintings. We learned that world events impacted Chagall's life, but not his attitude. We examined his flying figures and animals and wondered about the symbolism. Finally, we began our own floating/flying sketch. The rules were few, just follow the steps; sketch, trace, color with the Watercolor crayons and paint with water or use regular markers to add color, frame and sign the work. Some students started the process with a mystery scribble line that was their inspiration for their object in the sky, but others had a more solid plan right from the beginning. Either way, they are great!

Some students actually created a  second Chagall project which forced them to think outside of normal reality.  They were inspired by the horse with human feet in Chagall's "Les Plumes en Fleurs" and they created their own "morphed" or "blended" creatures.  Color was added with the mysterious watercolor crayons.

Charles	Hannah - Bunny/Horse
	Nick - Petting Zoo
Kyona	Marika
Jeili	Ryan

Marika - Sharingo

Paul - Pig/Hippo/Bat/Bird

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