Field Trip to Take Photos

The Eighth Grade went to Obrien Park during class to start their photo assignments. We took such shots as abstract, texture, landscape, nature study, and others. Here Kendall tries for an atypical view.

The girls are trying to capture a squirrel on their camera. (far right)

We ended the day at Baskin Robbins.

Photography Class Charcoal Value Study

These were all done from photos of national parks Ansel Adams shot.

Moonrise , Hernandez

The Eighth Grade Elective learned about Ansel Adams and the types of photos he created of the national parks. Then they each chose a photograph to illustrate with charcoal, blending stumps and kneaded erasers to capture the many values in his photography.

Seventh Grade Impressionistic Chalk/Tempera Landscapes

Seventh Grade is learning about four Impressionism Artists: Monet, Degas, Cassatt, and Renoir. We used Drawing Chalk dipped in Tempera to create Juxtaposition of color like the artists. Click on a painting to see the detail and close up view like the impressionism paintings.

Eighth Grade - Batik like resist with Ink and watercolor

This Project was hard to conceptualize until we were mostly finished. First step was to paint everything with white tempera paint except the areas to be black. Then we painted the whole painting with black ink and washed it off in the sink. The resisted areas stayed white so we could add pigment with watercolor.

Sixth Grade Finishes their Square one Project

The class is applying brilliant colors with their Oil Pastel to their still life flowers and designs in their paintings.

Glue Resist Watercolor in Seventh Grade

After sketching our design we outlined with black ink glue. Toothpicks were used for the detailed parts. When dry we used our wash choices for the background and finished with bright watercolor hues.

6th Grade Oil Pastel Still Life with Design

The sixth grade is learning to realistically draw a still life of flowers in Oil Pastel. Then they make up a design or pattern for the background and use bright colors. They look like they were painted! We also learned some new oil pastel techniques like blending, scumbling and outlining. This project will be used for our square art fundraiser this year.