Examples of Students' Art

Stippling Double Exposure Animals

8th Grade

Students were introduced to stippling and the works of Thiago Bianchini. They practiced stippling by creating a value scale and then created their own artwork based on the guidelines of an animal silhouette with a stipple landscape inside.

STIPPLING SLIDES

RUBRIC

Floral Oil Pastels on Black Paper

7th Grade

Students were shown different techniques for applying oil pastels. Then they created a composition that showed selective cropping and applied at least two different techniques in their work.

Funky Faces

7th Grade & 8th Grade

Students were shown the works by artist Kimmy Cantrell. Talked about culture and identity. They were given the task to create a face out of cardboard that was inspired by his work. They were required to have thumbnail sketches as well as one detailed sketch with notes of their plan. They provide an artist statement.

SLIDES PRESENTATION

RUBRIC

Colored Pencils Eyes Self--portrait

8th Grade

Students were taught how to draw from a grid. They took photos under different colored light sources, cropped their eyes, created a grid overlay and then drew their self portrait.

Positive & Negative Space

Students learned about positive and negative space in art. The drew a silhouette of an animal and cut it out to provide the positive and negative space. They created a watercolor background based on a color theory and filled in the white space with entangles.