El Dia de los Muertos calaveras paintings

The whole school is studying Latin American culture right now in their elective classes. Tomorrow we will have grade level assemblies to celebrate the culture of Latin America with demonstrations and performances. The art classes studied the Day of the Dead (el Dia de los Muertos) and the skull imagery used to celebrate the holiday. We made large scale group paintings inspired by the day of the dead.

Color Scheme Landscapes 4th quarter

Value Scale Landscapes

In 8th grade art we just finished a unit on value and to cap it off we created simplified landscapes that incorporated a 5 point value scale. Students drew simple layered landscapes and then painted them using 5 values (dark on the bottom------light on top). We discussed atmospheric perspective, and how colors on the horizon appear less saturated than those close to the viewer. Check them out: