The sixth graders will continue to work on their cityscapes in one or two-point perspective. While drawing several buildings last week, the students used rulers to accurately draw guidelines to their vanishing point(s) in an effort to make their skyscrapers or other structures appear to be three-dimensional. This week, finishing touches will be added. This will include careful outlining in black marker and shading in with colored pencils. The students have shown great creativity in designing their personalized cities.
We will be kicking off the Oaxacan Animal Clay Unit this week. All seventh graders will need to bring in a picture of an animal from a book, magazine, or the internet by Wednesday, October 17th. This picture will be the inspiration for their clay figure.
All eighth graders continue to work on the "Color Study through Design" project. Each student is mixing colors according to specific guidelines in each section of their design project. The students who have completed the painting portion of this project will begin outlining their sections with black marker. These projects will be graded based on color mixing skills, painting technique, and overall design quality and presentation.
