October 1st-October 5th

One Point Perspective

This week, sixth graders will begin designing their city scapes in one or two-point perspective. On Monday, the students will use rulers to accurately draw guidelines to their vanishing point(s) in an effort to make skyscrapers or other structures appear to be three dimensional. Next week, finishing touches will be added. This will include careful outlining in black marker and shading in with colored pencils. Soon, the art room will be filled with creative architects designing the next great city skyline!

Pop Art
This week, seventh graders will continue to work on our Andy Warhol inspired Pop Art projects. The students have worked with tireless effort and precision to recreate a product from their everyday life into a work of art. They have been using lightboxes and the sunlight from the art room windows to trace/repeat their image four times on 12 X 12 drawing paper. This week, we will begin to add the exact colors from the real product to the drawings using colored pencils and markers. The results should be a feast for the eyes!

A Color Study through Design
The eighth grade classes will begin a brand new project this week. First, each student will create their own design based on four specific directions that I provide. Then, they will repeat their design seven more times on a 12 x 18 piece of drawing paper. Once their design is completed, they will begin painting. This project is an exercise in mixing paints and developing a better understanding of color. In addition, the students will become acquainted with art vocabulary words such as analogous, complementary, monochromatic, opaque, neutral, shade, tint, and value. Each of the eight sections will be painted with a different color scheme.