Artists trading cards - in response to our NCMA trip
3rd graders will learn about Miniature Masterpieces ( 2 1/2 " X 3 1/2 ") and the art of creating Artist's Trading Cards. Students will create 6 cards - each inspired by a different genre of art that they will learn about in class. (landscape, portrait, still life, abstract, non-objective, and self-portrait) They will learn that planning is just as important as the process and that quality is more important than quantity.
3rd Graders meet John james Audubon
3rd graders will learn about the works of John James Audubon (see his Woodpeckers below) that can be seen at the N.C. Museum of Art. They will learn about this artist and ornithologist and his work Birds of America while learning to draw birds in their natural environments.