8th Gr. Tape Casts

Street Art- Tape Casting

For this project, students learned about Street art and the artist Mark Jenkins who makes tape sculptures.  Students first selected places they wanted their sculptures to be, then worked in groups to create their own tape sculptures of a person in a position that interacts with the places they chose.  After students finished their tape casts, they stuffed them with newspaper and put clothes on them to make them look real!  Click on the "8th Gr. Art" tab to see more!

Notice the 1 shoe on the ground

Do you see it?

 

Ninja

"I like Street Art because there are no limits, if you dream it, you can do it." -Student

Planking

"Street Art is art that you create in public.  There are different types that work differently and are unique. Then you leave them there for people to see and they become a part of the public." -Student

Awesome job 8th grade!

6th Gr. Sketchbook Assignments

Sketchbook #1- Draw 2 words using descriptive lettering.  Pick 1 word from the “Adjective” word column and 1 word from the “Elements of Design” word column. (DUE 12/9)

Sketchbook #2- Use the different types of line to make an awesome design that fills an entire page of your sketchbook. (DUE 12/9)

 

Sketchbook #3- Complete the 5 value scales using different shading techniques in the blank value scales in  the packet. (DUE 12/21)

Sketchbook #4- Choose two animals to mix together in order to make a hybrid animal (ex: Liger from Napoleon Dynamite). Fully shade your creature and give it a name. (DUE 12/21)

Sketchbook #5-  Draw the four shapes on a separate page in your sketchbook (divide the page into four equal parts, draw a large shape within each section and shade it completely). (DUE 1/12)

Sketchbook #6-  Choose 1 assignment from the "Optional Sketchbook List" (at bottom of page) (DUE 1/12)


Sketchbook #7- Draw your hand in 4 different positions (2 large hands per page) and shade them using 1. Stippling (Dots)  2.Smudging  3.Cross hatching  4.Choose how you want to shade the last one.  (DUE 1/27)

Sketchbook #8- Design a bookmark for the school library (Top 2/class will be copied and put in the library for other students to use) (DUE 1/27)

  

Sketchbook #9- Choose 1 assignment from the "Optional Sketchbook List" (at bottom of page) (DUE 2/10) 

Sketchbook #10- Draw your distorted reflection in a spoon (DUE 2/10) 

Sketchbook #11- Choose 1 assignment from the "Optional Sketchbook List" (at bottom of page) (DUE 2/23) 

Sketchbook #12- Choose 1 assignment from the "Optional Sketchbook List" (at bottom of page) (DUE 2/23) 

 The Optional Sketchbook List

Pick 4 that you like:

-Design the ultimate school desk

-Draw an undiscovered sea creature


-Design a tattoo for someone in particular

-Design a cool outfit (everyday, formal, costume...)

-Draw something that is not pretty

-Draw the best meal ever

-Draw your top 10 favorite things in life (sports, hobbies, music...)

-An alien spaceship has landed on the football field!  Draw it:
 

-Draw an 8-frame comic 

-A mad scientist was working on combining animals with household objects.  You are an animal rights activist and freed the mutated animals.  Draw one of them. 

Venus Fly Trap + Mouse               Tortoise + Toaster                     Horse + Stool = "Hool"  

8th Grade Tree Paintings

Tree Paintings

Students went outside and photographed deciduous trees (scroll down to see their beautiful photos), then combined their favorite elements of their photographs to create landscape paintings!  Students carefully considered composition, mixed their own colors, and painted using a background, middle ground, and foreground to create these beautiful artworks.  Click on the "8th Grade Art" tab to see more!

Beautiful Work 8th grade!

Stuffed Animal Mascots!

Students designed and created these cute stuffed animals, or Mascots as we call them, because they are good luck charms!  Students learned how to sew by hand, including the running stitch, oversewing stitch, and how to sew on a button.  Go to the "6th Grade Art" tab to see more!

Bat Cyclops!

Very Creative 6th Grade!