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

5th & 6th Grade - Japanese Notan Design

Students used the techniques of traditional Japanese Notan art to create their own Notan design showing positive and negative space. Students drew an original design (organic, geometric or combination), cut out each shape and flipped the paper to the outside creating a symmetrically balanced, positive and negative image. 

Goals:

• Understand the elements of art: space and shape
• Learn the difference between positive and negative space.
• Identify the difference between organic and geometric shapes.
• Learn how to create organic Notan designs, geometric Notan designs, and a combination of organic + geometric Notan designs.
• Create a Notan.

Elements and Principles: Line, Shape, Space, Balance, Contrast

Check out these results!

 

 

7th & 8th Grade - 2-Point Perspective Graffiti Name Walls

“Impressed” is an understatement. “Totally blown out of the park” sums it up pretty good! Check out the 7th & 8th grader’s 2-Point Perspective city graffiti walls! First project of the year and they nailed it! Way to go artists!!

 

5th & 6th Grade - Graffiti Name Drawing

What better way to kick off the school year than graffiti name drawings?! 5th-6th graders practiced hand lettering and created their name in graffiti style. We discussed and practiced graffiti features such as color value, gradients, highlights & shadows. Needless to say, I'm impressed!

5th & 6th Grade - Big Eyed Animal Collages

Look at those EYES!! 👀 💙 5th-6th graders made BIG eye animal collages. It was a long and TOTALLY fun process, making our own abstract texture papers, drawing eyes/noses and learning how to make fur using India ink. To give you an idea of the scale of these, most are bigger than a desk calendar.