6th-8th grade Art Gallery

Split Personality Self-Portraits

8th grade

8th graders learned about Italian artist Antonio Colomboni who creates portraits with a mix of photography and bright, flat color designs in a collage style. They tried out this style by tracing our own portrait and filling it with colorful designs. That drawing was then ripped up and added to the photograph to create the look of a self-portrait that is “split” into two styles. The last part of the project was to trace their portrait one more time and learn how to add pencil shading to their faces around the collage pieces.

Fractured Shoe Drawings

7th grade

7th graders took time to draw shoes from different viewpoints using  the contour line method which focuses on the lines of an object, not shading. Then they chose a shoe to draw in detail. They “fractured” the shoe by drawing 5 lines and then added shading by rotating between drawing pencils and colored pencils.

Lego Drawings

7th grade 

The 7th graders learned how to draw 3-dimensional blocks and cylinders and then they made their own Lego still life to draw. We worked on how to shade 3-dimensional blocks with highlights, shadows and cast shadows, as well as how to blend the different values smoothly.

Zentangle Plant Drawings

7th grade 

7th graders spent time observing and drawing different plants, then they filled in the negative space with 8 or more zentangles (intricate patterns in black and white).

Positive/Negative Space Plant Drawings

8th grade

In learning about positive and negative space in artwork, 8th graders first looked at artwork by various artists that use negative space in interesting ways. Then, they observed and practiced drawing and shading plants at their tables. Their final plant drawing was split in half: one half focused on positive and negative space by using sharpie markers; the other half focused on realistic shading with drawing pencils.

6th graders created

Color Wheel Eyes

What we learned:

• How to mix paint to create Secondary and Tertiary colors

• How to create a color wheel & why the colors are in that arrangement

• How to draw and add shading to create a realistic-looking eye

The Longest Line Drawing Challenge

6th graders were given a challenge to fill up an entire page with 1 continuous line; a line that does not touch or cross itself. Then they added areas of color to show Emphasis.

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.

2024-2025 Gallery (from here up)

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!