6th Grade:
This week, we finished up all of our projects (obviously). On Thursday, students were sent home with their paper mache letter sculptures! Wanna check them out? There's a whole gallery of examples on our Artsonia site!
Although the first half of the week was spent finishing the paper mache project, we spent the rest of our time completeing our pen & ink patterned animal drawings. The last two days of the term were spent cutting out our drawings, gluing them to bright backgrounds, and fringing the edges of the paper to look like fabric - what a fun finishing touch! These projects will also be photographed and uploaded to Artsonia within the next week - gotta get final grades done first though!
(Our LEGO characters on display in the hallway here at school!)
7th Grade:
We spent our entire week working very hard on our grid enlargement drawings. These drawings were done entirely in graphite, paying very special attention to the different shades, shadows, and highlights in the photographs that we chose. Although it could be difficult at times, many students found great success in obtaining a realistic likeness of their chosen celebrity!
8th Grade:
Still reeling from the excitement of pottery wheel week, we returned to "normal" back in the art room this week. First, we finished up our plaster sculpture construction (for those who needed another day or two). Then, we began the process of adding glaze to our hand-built clay mugs! Remember those? I havent mentioned those for a few weeks now! Once those have been glazed (the glaze is painted on with a paintbrush!), the mugs will be fired a second time. The glaze + firing is what gives the mugs a bright, glossy, food-safe and water-tight coating. Can't wait to see how they turn out!
In other news:
I'm reading a really good book right now, called "Masterpiece" by Elise Broach. I checked it out from our school library! It's about a beetle named Marvin who learns to draw tiny masterpieces with pen & ink using his tiny legs, and how he gets involved in an art museum heist! There's lots of information about Albrecht Durer and his artwork woven into the story. Exciting!
Thanks for another great week!
-Mrs. L.
Your students are doing fabulous work, a credit to your teaching! I've had fun exploring your blog and will be following now with pleasure!
ReplyDelete(Great minds think alike :)- I've just completed a 'commenting competition' with my students, which involved earning points for comments made on my blog at Dream Painters. My aim was to encourage them to think more about their own and others' art. Similar to your comments-for-extra-credit plan here!)
Thanks for dropping by Elizabeth! I'm glad you like our work!
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