"It's all in the Vase"

This idea came from a 2011 fall issue of Arts and Activities Magazine.  I was a little nervous about what it would turn out like, but I was so PLEASANTLY surprised at the student artwork.  The magazine article inspired me to ask the students if they were creating a vase- what would they put on the vase?  What (instead of flowers) would come out of the vase?  The students were then to choose a famous artist through art history and create a project referencing their chosen artist.  They could also use any art media they wanted to replicate the "style" of that artist.  Here are some of their pieces of work!  Enjoy!

2 point perspective

My sixth graders were given some choices about what they wanted to do when they worked on 2 point perspective.  A lot of them chose making the candy box project (perhaps they like the subject matter way too much) but some of the other options included: dice, a cityscape, initials of their name, inside a room...  here are a few of their examples.