3rd Grade Greek Pottery

3rd graders studied Greek Pottery and designed their own. 

Day 1- discuss symmetry, cut out pot shape, add designs with black and red marker.

Day 2- discuss figure portraits, draw figure portraits of classmates, add favorite to pottery design, shade in to create silhoettes

Day 3- glue to background paper, paint background

3rd Grade- Greek Pottery

This was a 2 day project

Day 1-
We looked at examples of Greek pottery and noticed that most of them include figure portraits. We then practiced drawing figure portraits as a class (we drew these using ovals and circles so it would be easy and quick). After we did a couple together, students took turns posing for their classmates. They loved doing this and came up with many poses including "the thinker" and the splits.
Lastly, each student received a 18 x 12" piece of cream colored construction paper to create the shape of their pottery. They drew with pencil first, and then cut it out.

Day 2-
Students chose their favorite figure portrait from day one and drew it on their pot. They then added other geometric lines and designs using Sharpie. Lastly, they glued their pot to a piece of white paper and water colored the background.