Watercolor Animals- 8th grade

We started with the lightest colors and layered the darker shades overtop.

Doodle for Google- My best day ever!

Our art class entered the google contest.  The theme this year was my best day ever!

It was fun to see the creative pictures for each letter.

Illustrated Proverbs in Cartoons

Subtractive Carving of Egyptian Animals

Each student chose an animal to carve as an egyptian stone statue. We used foam bricks, steak knives, and rasps to shape.

Here they are painting the foam block animal with acrylics.

This student carved their animal upside down.

Watercolor Self Portraits in a Circle

Acrylic Painting Abstract Action

Linoleum Prints Animal Texture

The material we used is made specifically for students to carve. It is softer than traditional linoleum.

 Sixth Grade learned how to carve relief prints and then we printed them. We had to use safety when carving with the sharp tools.

We studied about Albrecht Durer and his woodcuts and engravings. There was so much detail and texture in his work.

 The students had to use a balance of white and dark while they were carving. Too much carved out and the design did not come out as well.

We also learned how to sign and number our prints like artists do. Each student made three prints.

Fingerpainting for Impressionism

 Seventh Graders liked painting with their fingers to imitate the style of Impressionism.

 We used Monet's waterlilies as a subject for our painting.

We also used some palette knives for some of the lines.

Mixed Media Collage Sketchbook covers

Every Semester we
personalize our sketchbooks in some way with color.

Last week, our first project was to do a mixed media collage with our name.

First step was to cover the outer edge of the cover with newpaper, music score, maps, and pages torn from books.

 Then we chose an image for the center of the page. This was glued down and covered with Glue to protect the image from the acrylic paint.





We used stick on letters for each person's name.
Finally we painted the entire cover and then wiped off with several paper towels so the image and some of the text peeked through. Then the letters were peeled off to reveal our first layer of text underneath.

 

Eighth Grade Clay Projects

The Eighth Grade Art Elective ended the semester with a clay mask project. The students made their own draping mold using newspaper and masking tape.

Next they hollowed out the eyes and added other facial features.

We used underglazes for color so we only had to fire one time.

6th Grade Clay Gargoyle Sculptures

Sixth Grade completed two clay projects in the first semester.

First they learned slab building by making a square box with applied texture to the sides.


The lid was made the same time as the sculpture on top.
The students created gargoyles using a hollow body method using rolled newspaper. There were many different creatures made. Here are several.

Slice and Dice Painting - Abstract Art

The 7th and 8th grade painted two pages with acrylic paints,then cut them into one inch squares.

The next step was to arrange the squares on a solid background and glue down for an abstract look.