September 11 & 18: Egyptian Art

For our second art project, we studied Egyptian Art. Kindergarten through 2nd grade discussed hieroglyphics and how "symbols" are pictures that stand for something else (such as the alphabet). They were given an Egyptian Hieroglyph Alphabet worksheet to choose at least 3 symbols to draw on their paper. They could choose more and also make up their own symbols if they wanted. Students then had to trace their hieroglyphs with Sharpie marker and add color with crayons.

On the second day, we reviewed what a "symbol" was and continued adding color with crayon. Once the crayon portion was completed, we discussed "crayon resist" and how when you paint over crayon with watercolor paint, it doesn't stick because of the waxy consistency. Students practiced their painting skills by add watercolor paint to their artwork. Below are a few pictures:

Kindergarten/1st grade: Adding watercolor to their artwork.

Kindergarten/1st grade: Jake and Taylor painting.

Third through 6th grade students created Mummy Case drawings. Students viewed and discussed various mummy cases during a PowerPoint, specifically looking at patterns used and how highly decorated the mummy cases were. We also discussed three different types of symmetry: symmetrical, asymmetrical and radial. Below are a few pictures of completed artwork by 3rd/4th graders:

Alex

Jack

Pierce