Spooky Still Lifes

Spooky Still Lifes

4th grade

Yes, it is December 20th.  And yes these artworks were created in October.  Oops!  Allow yourself a moment to time travel to a warmer place as you take a peek at these spooky artworks!

4th graders began this unit by looking at still lifes from different time periods, from the 1600s to two years ago, comparing and contrasting their attributes. 

 They found that most of the artworks in this genre have some things in common, including a table or some sort of horizontal surface, objects, and overlapping.   They also had many differences, with artists using more imagination and abstraction today than in the 1600s.  Students then worked in table groups to build their own art supplies still lifes and practiced drawing from observation and using view finders. 

Students than began drawing from the spooky display, combining observation and imagination.  Students looked to the book, Creepy Carrots, for inspiration in using value (lights and darks) to create a mood.   

Check out their very unique and completed artworks below! 

"My art was inspired by the feeling of the day after Halloween.  What inspired me was the scared feeling of dark rooms and hallways.

"I like the value of the ghost and how if you rub the chalk it makes it look ghostly."