First Grade recreated a painting
that features the number 5, to
commemorate the 5 year
anniversary of September 11th.

This painting was done in 1928 by
Charles Demuth. He was an
American modernist that focused
on urban and industrial settings
and used cubist geometry to
produce clean linear results. "I
Saw the Figure 5 in Gold" is
based on a poem by his friend
William Carlos Williams, about a
fire engine racing to answer an
alarm in the city. The number 5
was on the fire truck and it's
three sizes were meant to show
movement.
The painting was chosen for it's
theme and it details of the
number 5 which made it
significant to pay tribute to
this day.

Poem written by William Carlos
Williams.

The first step to recreate this
picture started with the
background which was done by
using only straight lines. It
was colored by using values of
gray, black, blue and purple to
feel like a dark city.

The numbers which makes up the
positive space were colored in
warm, bright colors like red,
orange, yellow and gold to stand
out against our cool, darker
background.