one point perspective name drawings

In 7th grade we recently finished one point perspective drawings of our names. After studying perspective and space, students set about drawing their names so that they looked as if they went backward into space. Check them out below:

Underground Railroad Quilt

I finally got the class quilt from 1st and 2nd quarter 8th grade art up in the lobby this week. Each student studied the way that slaves used quilt square patterns to (theoretically) pass along messages to help each other get to safety in the North. Then students designed their own squares which had a secret message which would have assisted an escaping slave. We made these out of paper, each student collaged their own square.

Digital paintings and tessellations

Sixth Grade graphic arts students started out the quarter by creating abstract digital paintings using the ArtRage software. We discussed what it means for something to be abstract, and explored what all of the different tools in ArtRage do. Check out some samples below:

After creating these images we then discussed how to use Photoshop to rotate and transform each image several times across the page to create a tessellated image. We discuss the math components of tessellation as well as the designs. Students took  a few days to work on these and you can see some samples below.

Clay Masks

For our ceramic unit in 7th grade this quarter we made clay masks that depicted a theme of some type. After looking at the way that other cultures use masks, the students came up with a theme of their own and designed a mask to show that theme. We made them out of clay and painted them after they were fired.

Positive/Negative Space still life 2.0

Quarter 2 still life compositions exploring positive and negative space.