Sixth Grade
This week sixth graders spent their time exploring the element of art shape. We discussed the differences between organic and geometric shapes, and then took that knowledge to create drawings of made up creatures using only geometric or organic shapes.
Seventh Grade
Seventh graders finished their abstract drawings from last week, and then worked on Notan collages. Notan is a Japanese design concept which means dark and light. Students took colored pieces of construction paper and cut out shapes along the edges. Then using symmetry students flipped the shapes out of the piece of paper so that there was a mirror image of the shape using positive and negative space. Images to come of these soon.
Eighth Grade
Eighth graders spent the week working on their coil built ceramics. The students did an excellent job building a small vessel which we will glaze in the upcoming weeks.
Digital Art
We
finally began shooting our stop motion animation videos. Students have
been working on their sets and characters for several weeks, and it was
awesome to get to finally get out the cameras and begin shooting. I
can't wait to see the finished products!
Sixth Grade
This week sixth grade spent time working with the elements of art. We looked at the elements line and texture, and completed activities about both. Students created different types of lines, drew contour line drawings, created rubbings to show visual texture, and used folding techniques to create actual texture.
Seventh Grade
This week 7th graders learned about line, shape, and value. We used this knowledge to work on abstract drawings. Students had to create a drawing using various lines and shapes, and using color pencils they added value throughout the image. These should be finished on Tuesday, so more images to come soon.
Eighth Grade
Eighth graders also learned about line, shape, and value this week, but they took that knowledge and used it to create Op art images. I didn't take any pictures of them yet, but they should be finished and uploaded soon.
Weekly Update
Sixth Grade
This week sixth graders worked on their self-portrait collages. Students looked through magazines to find images that displayed their personalities to the viewer. We discussed the format of self-portraits as well as the process of collages. We finished these up on Thursday, so they should be up on the blog next week.
Seventh Grade
Seventh graders have been working on designs using their names to create radial symmetry. Last week we spent some time learning about how to create unique lettering styles, so this week students took that knowledge and used their names as the base for a drawing. Students traced their names and by rotating and translating them the designs connect and create kaleidoscopic images that are great examples of radial symmetry. These should be finished next week and hopefully will be uploaded then as well.
Eighth Grade
This week we continued our unit on creative lettering and worked on our final lettering projects--graffiti images of student names. Students looked at some examples of graffiti, and discussed the various cultural issues surrounding graffiti (legality, value compared to gallery art, formal art concepts, etc.) Then students created their own graffiti tags which we will cut out and hang in the halls so that the students can "tag" the school. Pictures to come soon.
