Well, a few weeks have passed by quickly and I have not had much time to update our blogs, but finally here is some news!
7th Grade Art is split into two groups. We have a girl class and boy class. Which is perfect for 7th Grade art because it allows me to do different projects with them based on gender interests. The 7th graders that I have this year are a fine bunch.
The boys have been working on Roman Soldier Drawings (2 weeks ago) and just finished their frogs on wood. The boys really seemed to like working with wood, so I will have to see if I can come up with more wood ideas. Any scrap wood donations would be great!
The 7th grade girls have been working on sewing skills over the last two weeks. I was so impressed with how quickly they picked up on hand stitching. We used felt and thick thread (used for knitting) and some stuffing and had wonderful results.
Here are some samples of their work.
Here are some samples of their work.
Now for the candid photos taken during class time while we were having all this fun.
Now for the 8th Grade Art Students...
Currently, they are working on paintings of Ravens and Crows.
Over two weeks ago I only met with one 8th grade group and they did non-objective paintings on aluminum foil.
For the foil painting they had to be very brave and experiment with the paint. I liked the results.
Last week we worked on creating dimension in a design. We used curved lines and value to get these results.
