Summer Time Still Life

Students focused on value and composition for this still life of different summer time objects. Students were required to draw at least five objects within the still life, have 5-7 value changes, and have at least two objects going off the page. This is what 6th and 7th graders came up with.

Sandsculpting Competition 2014

Students in the Visual Arts Program participated in the annual Neptune Festival sandsculpting competition again this year.  The theme was Dr. Seuss, and students created a scultpure based on the theme.  Students created a book, with the cut down truffola trees on top and even one cut down on the side.  They placed rocks around the center tree to also symbolize happenings within the book as well. They then wrote part of the popular quote from "The Loraz," 'Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, Nothing is going to get better. It's not.' 

Our amazing students won first place again this year in the middle school divison!

 

Surrealist Handscapes

Students in this 2-D unit lesson focused on the anatomy of the human hands.  With discussion of Surrealism and surrealist artists, students created surrealist landscapes using their hands as the main focal point.  Students studying the anatomy of the hand included them in their surreal landscape making the hands the main subject of their piece.  This assignment helped students think outside the box and into a dream-like state.  Students very much loved learning about surrealism and the bizarre quality of work produced during that period of time.

With this assignment, the focus was on the anatomy of the hands, proportion, using surrealist qualities within their art, and using value or tonal shading.  Here are some of the landscapes that the 6th, 7th and 8th graders came up with.