5th & 6th Grade - Giant Snack Pop Art

5th & 6th graders big end-of-the-year project was to create a giant, pop-art sculpture of a snack food. Students were given a small reference photo of their snack choice and, for the first time, used the grid method to accurately transfer their image onto a large scale paper. Students had to mix their own acrylic paint colors to match the values of the snack. For small details, we used a white oil-based paint pens and black Sharpies. To finish off our projects, we made our work 3D! We cut a back matching the size of our painting, stappled both large papers together (leaving a short side open), stuffed crumpled newspaper inside (like a pillowcase) and stappled it shut. I think we hold a record for most stapples used in a school day BUT TOTALLY WORTH IT!

CAUTION WITH SHARPIES 

(NOTE: Shaking of a ultra fine point Sharpie could result in spontaneous explosion - avoid at all costs unless your walls and floors are due for painting/waxing)

7th & 8th Grade - Magazine Collages

For this project, 7th & 8th graders were given the task to create a collage based off of a reference photo. Students first used the grid system to accurately transfer their image. Then, students cut pieces from old magazines to match the textures and color values of the reference photo. Special shout out to the student who completed his fish collage one-handed. Way to go, artists!!

7th & 8th Grade - Chinese Dragon Clay Sculptures

"We started this thing together and that’s how we’ll finish it. I promise."- Mushu from Disney’s Mulan

7th & 8th graders learned about the history of China, their beliefs as well as studied their artwork. We discussed the element of form, types of sculpture and basic hand-building clay techniques. This was our first year working with new ceramic tools and the results are incredible! Check out our clay Chinese dragons!

5th & 6th Grade - Dragon Eyes

Texture, value, form and chalk pastel techniques all rolled into one! Well done artists!

7th & 8th Grade - Texture Animals

7th and 8th graders did an outstanding job with their texture projects! With this project, we learned techniques on how to use oil pastels. It’s not just coloring like you would with your everyday Crayola crayon. Using blending and layering of their oil pastels, students were able to create realistic implied textures. Then, we created actual texture by embossing aluminum foil and staining the metal to bring out the texture lines.

5th & 6th Grade - Value Shading Ghosts

This lesson introduced to students shading in shadows, created by a light source. We discussed the effects of light on an object such as where light is hitting will be a lighter and where the light is not touching, is darker.

Goals

• Understand the elements of form and value.
• Learn how to use different values to draw a realistic ghost form on a 2D surface.

Elements and Principles: Line, Shape, Form, Value, Contrast, Space