September 2022/2023

Elements of Art Animals

The Elements of Art are the building blocks of art. They include line, shape, value, texture, space, color and form. They are also a great starting point when discussing art. All works of art including 3-dimensional works, have some, if not all of the elements of art within a piece. The beginning of the school year usually begins with a review of the Elements of Art and a project that has students incorporate the elements. In the this project, each student chose an animal silhouette of their choice and then divided their paper into 6 sections. Each section focused on a particular element of art while still maintaining the overall shape of the animal. We left out form in this project since six sections seem to work better. As you look at the student work, see if you can identify which sections relate to line, shape, value, space, color or texture. Also, notice how each student came up with their own creative designs for each section.

Top left Image: Samuel Espinoza 8

Bottom left Image: Ashley Baltazar 8

Brianna Martinez 8

Azel Bonafacio 8

Sofia Galaz 6

Nicole Bunma 7

Ysabella Enriquez 8

Abraham Salazar 8

Kasey Peck 6

Jade Cardenas 6

Chris Rodriguez 8

Abby Tyson 7

Damon Barazaa 6

Rosario Alvarado 6

Ruqaiyah Alrubaie 6

Ahmed Ali 8

Dante Long 8

Fabian Suarez 6

Grace Camacho 7

Marissa Bahena 6

Melanie Aceves 6

Ayleen Romero 8

Joshua Ochoa 8

Yaneli Luna 7

Ayden Valeriano 7

Tyler Villafranca 8

Rodrickque Williams 8

Alex Barajas 8

Michael Harvey 7

Analicia Rosete 8

David Valadez 8

Chantal Altamirano 8

Vanessa Garcia 8

Rey Layug 7

Jacob Manriquez 6

Joselin Martinez 7

Kaila Garcia 8

Katelyn Espinosa 8

Isaac Gonzalez-Cruz 6

Fernando Gonzalez 6

Rahiana Mir 7

Arianna Cervantes 8

Nico Leon 8

Rosemary Vargas 8

Luis Lopez 8

Izzie Nuno 8

Danna Garcia 8

Angela Mendoza 8

Gisel De Lira 8

Jacobo Velazquez 7

Chris Munguia 7

Kiara Duarte 7

Gio Adkins-Davies 7

Abdullah Alrubai 7

Briana Padilla 7

Sarah Moreno 8

Leilani Madrigal 7

Andrew Vasquez 7

Kate Cruz 8

Isabella Pinon-Angulo 6

Zakk Moreno 6

Belen Garcia 6

Naylean Ruiz 7

Abdi Ahmed 8

Diego Rostro 8

Jazmin Cisneros 7

Makaylah Payne 8

Damian Zacarias 8

Jaden Diaz 8

Sofia Lopez 8

Moises Barraza 8

Jazmin Becerra 8

Leyna Trujillo 7

Francisco Pachecho 8

Angel Robinson 7

Maria Romero 8

Drawing Practice

Drawing is a fundamental skill within the visual arts. It is helpful for painting and sculpting as most artist will do preliminary sketches for their projects. We practice drawing once per week on Mondays during a 25 minute period called "Drawing Studies". Students can draw whatever they like during this time as long as they are practicing their drawing skills and tracing. Most drawings focus on improving observational drawing skills, which is helpful in learning to draw. Students can draw from a list of images posted in google classroom or they can find their own image to draw. In addition some students prefer to draw from a grid. With this method, the student's paper and the drawing must contain the same grid or a proportional grid. The grid helps students break down more complex forms and see lines and shapes in a more abstract way.

Top Left Image: Azel Bonifacio 8