For several classes 8th grade art students have been studying the Art of Ancient Egypt. For their art project, they had to brainstorm an idea for drawing in the style of an Egyptian Tomb Painting. The artwork had to include a Hieroglyphic message and symbols with Egyptian figures.
Students practiced contour drawings of simple objects before attempting to draw their shoes. First they drew in pencil, then went over their drawings in ink. As a part of our unit on color, they used different color schemes to add emphasis to their shoes. They also had to design a black and white pattern for their background.
Students studied linear perspective and practiced drawing in both 1-pt and 2-pt perspective using rulers and triangles. Then students drew an imaginary city in 2-pt perspective.
As an introduction to learning about color mixing, Art 6 students practiced completing a 12 section color wheel using colored pencils and crayons. Later they will create a larger more creative color wheel using tempera paints.
Sixth grade art students created contour line drawings of simple objects, like fruit, small toys, musical instruments and kitchen utensils to demonstrate their understanding of seeing the detailed contours of an object when drawing.
Here's a bulletin board in the art room of famous artworks by famous artists students should know. Can you name any of these artists?
Students created an abstract design of their names using the negative spaces within each letter to demonstrate their understanding of positive and negative space.
Students created drawings to demonstrate their understanding of the 7 elements of Art: Line, Shape, Space, Form, Color, Value and Texture.
Students created a mixed media drawing to demonstrate their understanding of the 5 major types of lines used in Art: Vertical, Horizontal, Diagonal, Curved and Zigzag.
Students using the InterWrite board to identify different types of lines found in famous artworks.
Students created a drawing to demonstrate their understanding of the "Elements of Art": Line, Shape, Space, Form, Color, Value and Texture. Using a series of difference types of lines as an element of emphasis, students divided the paper into different sections for each element.
During our first unit on "What is Art?" students wrote down their thoughts and we created a "Learning Chart" to record their thinking. This process is one of the "Comprehensive Toolkit Strategies" used throughout the school to encourage critical thinking.
As a first day activity, students collaborated on painting a large "RESPECT" banner to hang in the art room to remind them to:
As a year end project, students created 2:00 - 3:00 minute digital movies using the Flip video cameras, Moviemaker and Audacity software. Their movies included stop motion whiteboard animation, claymation and original dramas, horror movies and love stories.
