Shoe Art

This was a two-part assignment.  The first part was a drawing assignment and the second part was a sculpture assignment.  For the first part, students created an observational drawing of a shoe that represented them.  They included 5 words that described themself as well as images that could be drawn on the shoe.  The drawing was entirely based upon them, giving it an abstract flare that would make their shoe drawing come to life.  The second portion of this assignment was a sculpture. Students were to bring in a shoe that they would like to use in order to create some type of shoe art.  The assignment was very open-ended.  They could turn the shoe into an animal, monster, landscape, etc.  It was entirely up to them how they would alter the shoe.  This is what 6th and 7th graders created.

 

 

 

 

Record Portraits

Students studied the history of music and its influence on our world today.  We examined how music evolved and, more specifically, how music was recorded so that people could listen to it.  As a class we looked at the history of the record and how it was developed.  Students watched videos on the process.  After having an understanding of music evolution and records, students chose an iconic music figure for their assignment.  Their assignment was to use this uncommon surface to paint their iconic musician's portrait.  Students were given examples of different icons, but were encouraged to choose their own, someone of interest or connection to themselves.  Here is what 8th grade students created.