6th-8th grade Art Gallery

Solar System Drawings

5th & 6th grade *Look in the "3rd-5th grade Gallery"

Ice Cream Drawings

8th grade

Learning Objectives:

• How to draw, shade and blend in reverse with white charcoal and white colored pencil on black paper

• How to draw a soft serve ice cream cone and all of the layers that come with it

• That if we draw ice cream for enough days in a row, Mrs Janzen can't stand it anymore and brings in ice cream cones for us to eat!

Mixed Media Collage Drawing

8th grade

8th graders chose an object to draw on 3 different kinds of paper and then added texture and value with 3 different kinds of materials:

On the white paper: colored pencils

On the book page: pen

On the brown paper: black and white charcoal

Dragon Eye Clay Sculptures

6th grade

What we learned:

• How to create a sketch before beginning a sculpture

• How to build textures and details on top of a slab of clay

• The importance of “score, slip, stick!” when working with clay

• How to add texture to clay with various tools

• How to paint in layers by starting with a base coat and then using the dry brush technique on top

Jen Aranyi Inspired Mountainscape Paintings

6th grade

What we learned:

• The watercolor and pen techniques of artist Jen Aranyi

• 3 different pen shading techniques: stippling, hatching and cross-hatching

• Wet-on-wet watercolor technique

• Analogous colors are the best for blending together

Texture Hand Drawings

8th grade

Goals of the Project:

• Learn how to draw a correctly proportioned hand

• Learn how to a shade cylinder (basic shape of a finger)

• Learn how to draw and shade realistic textures

Each student chose 5 different textures, one for each finger, and then chose how to “end” the wrist.

Snowflake Prints

8th grade Christmas Gala project

The 8th graders currently taking an Art class learned how to fold and cut 8-sided snowflakes and create prints using Gelli plates. They would roll ink out on the plate, place their snowflake on top and “pull a print.”  They experimented with a variety of colors and styles of paper and colors of ink. The last step was to choose their favorite print and add zentangle designs with sharpie markers or paint pens. It was exciting to see the varying results during this process and to watch how each student chose to finish their project.

Geometric African Animal Relief Sculptures

6th graders learned about...

• Various Sub-Saharan African patterns and designs 

• How to create a relief sculpture (thinking about and planning layering correctly)

• How to draw and create the face of an animal found in Sub-Saharan Africa

• How to create texture with cardboard

• Painting, assembling and gluing a cardboard sculpture together

Texture Hands

8th grade

The 8th graders learned how to draw and shade hands over the course of several classes, then how to draw and shade a variety of textures. They put both concepts together in this very cool and slightly strange project. 

There are some VERY creative artists in this class!