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 a second drawing where they focused on pencil shading with a variety of values and smooth blending.

String Art

7th grade

Animal Scratchboard Etchings

7th grade

1-Point Perspective Room Drawings

7th grade

Still Life 4 Ways

7th grade 

The 7th graders looked at 4 artists who painted in 4 different styles: Pop Art, Post-Impressionism, Cubism and Abstract Expressionism. They made observations about the differences between each art style and then had the challenge of painting an apple or pear in each of the 4 styles.

8th grade Ice Cream Drawings

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.