Thursday, January 18, 2018

FIFTH GRADE . . . Celebrating MLK

Stamp by Kieran C.

Fifth grade artists honored the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, jr. by designing a postage stamp in his memory. Some students used a portrait for their stamp design, just as Kieran drew with his amazing likeness of MLK. The words in the background are from his famous speech. Our critique in class was filled with comments about how long it took to transcribe all those words as well as how well he captured his image.

Other students chose a more graphic look and some used alternative materials to compose their stamp, as Courtney did below. With Courtney's stamp, students noticed the contrast of her design and the wonderful symbolism behind her dark and light color choices.

Scroll down to see more of our beautiful stamp designs. All of these sketches are terrific expressions of how we celebrate MLK Day at Ranney School.

Stamp by Courtney C.

Stamp by Caitlyn C.

Stamp by Abriella Y.

Stamp by Desmond P.

Stamp by Ruby B.

Stamp by Sabrina L.
For all of our sketches, follow this link to the Ranney Home page of artsonia...
http://www.artsonia.com/schools/school.asp?id=114839

2 comments:

  1. Wow! These are all amazing! Our kids are so blessed to have a such wonderful art teacher like you, Mrs. Levine! Thank you!
    Sunny L.

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  2. As always, I am impressed with the artistic ability of our 10 and 11 year old students. Mrs. Levine stimulates the best in our children.

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Barbara Levine
Ranney Lower School Art