Welcome! Here you will find information about the art classes at Woodrow Wilson Middle School. If you look above, you will find links that will help you over the course of the year. All of your sketchbook assignment choices and due dates are listed. Click around and you'll find some interesting visual arts resources. ** Updated Sketchbook Assignment due dates for 4th Marking Period ** What we're working on now... April 17, 2012 Sixth graders are working on pencil shading projects: shading hands or drawing self-portraits. They are learning proportion and light source.. Soon, they will begin working on glazing their pinch pot with a twist projects that have been recently fired. Seventh graders are completing their tempera painting project which taught them to work with a variety of color schemes and proper blending techniques. Eighth graders are finishing a variety of projects. They have been working on acrylic paintings as well as a printmaking project in the style of Andy Warhol. They are also completing an image completion project in pencil. They will soon begin a scratchboard project using cut images and an art nouveau style. February 16, 2012 Sixth graders are working on a ceramics project called "pinch pot with a twist." They are learning the basic pinch pot technique and are adding details to turn theirs in to a unique, but functional sculpture. Seventh graders are beginning a painting project which will teach them about color mixing and blending with tempera paint. They are using animals as the subject for their artwork. Eighth graders are completing their project choices and are nearing the beginning of a printmaking project using faces (famous or not) as their subject. They will be using a relief printmaking technique and will be studying the style of Andy Warhol. January 11, 2012 Sixth graders are working on a figure drawing unit that explores several different art media. Using wooden manikin figures, they are working in oil pastel, ink, and watercolor to create a multimedia triptych. Seventh graders are finishing up a unit on surrealism using their hands as the main element in a fantasy drawing. The unit also incorporates lessons in pencil shading and light source. Eighth graders are working on a variety of projects at this time. Some are working on acrylic paintings, either using a glass still-life or a famous work of art as their subject matter. Some are about to glaze their ceramic work and still others might be in the middle of a drawing unit. Their year revolves around several project choices, so they have a bit of freedom as to which project they work on at any given time throughout the year. December 8, 2011 Sixth graders are working on one of two projects: (1) a figure drawing unit using wooden man-i-kins to create a work of art that uses oil pastels, watercolor paints, and ink or (2) a one-point perspective unit in which they choose to draw a collection of 3-D shapes, a city, or the interior of a room. Seventh graders are working on their Surrealist Handscape drawings. Soon, they will be completing their autobiographical name plates with glaze or acrylic paint. Eighth graders are nearing the end of their ceramics unit, in which they are creating a tea set or a theme box. November 19, 2011 Sixth graders are working on completing a line drawing unit. They've been completing their "Room Zoom" drawings and line exercises. Next up: a figure drawing/painting unit.
Seventh graders are working on finishing their autobiographical name plates. While they are waiting for their sculptures to be fired and ready for glazing, they'll be involved in a "Fantasy Handscape" drawing project.
Eighth graders are either sculpting or painting in the studio right now. The sculpture projects they choose from are: theme box, tea set, or food sculpture. The painting choices are: nature themed watercolor, self-portrait in a masterpiece, or figure painting. |
