Holocaust Contest

6th and 7th grade students submitted artwork for the Holocaust Project, promoting awareness and social change.

Reflection Drawing

Students were given a homework assignment to draw something with a reflection.  They could chose any item but a mirror.  We discussed distortion and the way a reflective object appears.  Here is what 6th and 7th graders created.



Graphite Still Life

8th graders worked on a value study still life using graphite pencils.  Students were all given different angles, objects, and paper types to work with.  Students were encouraged to use hatching, cross hatching, and stippling wherever they saw would be fitting.



Artist Pages

To become inspired to do any kind of art work, artists need inspiration.  Many times artists refer to, and look at, other artist's work in order to gain insight and inspiration themselves. Each student chose either a contemporary artist or historical artist to focus their own interest on and create a page inspired by that artist.  Students included aesthetic questioning and reasoning when researching and discovering information. Students were to include imagery as well as text about their chosen artist.  Here is what 6th and 7th graders created.



Mermaid Project

Students were inspired by the community around them for this problem-based learning opportunity.  Students were asked to name a mermaid statue that was placed in Rudee's Inlet in Virginia Beach.  Each student then created a work of art inspired by the mermaid and the story that she told.  Each student created a name and a back story for why she came to Virginia Beach and made it her home.  Students had the opportunity to go out on a boat and see the mermaid statue first-hand before starting the construction of their own piece.  Here is what 8th graders created..