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AL Stanback 7th Grade Cultural Visual Arts
2023-24
As a way to show a real world connection to their drawing lesson, the 7th grade art students were introduced to architecture and interior design. Afterwards, they were shown how to use their knowledge of linear perspective drawing to create some basic architecture and interior design showing both using paper and vellum.
After the 7th graders practiced creating interior and exterior perspective drawing they were then taught to "stack" forms in perspective that show both interior and exterior space at the same time.
These projects were a product of studying and practicing the basics of one point linear perspective. They were taught to create both interior and exterior spaces for this lesson.
The 7th grade art students studied the geometric math concepts used to creat ambigrams. They were asked to complete a planning document (shown below the prints) and a large digital print of the finished ambigram.
The 7th grade art students were introduced to some mathematical concepts used in the visual arts. They studied tessellations, their history and the artists who first created them. They were taught the processes to create their own tessellation, provided a planning document to fill out (the grid paper below the tesellations) and finally created their tessellations using digital art software, which were then printed.
The 7th grade art students looked at examples of historical Manga art and learned the history behind its creation and development. After looking at important artists involved in the art form they were offered a lesson to help them develop their figural proportion drawing. Once their studies were finished they created composition reminiscent of the first Manga artist, Hokusai.
AL Stanback 7th Grade Cultural Visual Arts
2022-23
7th Grade studied linear perspective from the Renaissance to how contemporary artists use it. They were asked to create examples of realistic linear perspective drawings and organic\abstract versions as well. These compositions are in relief or they are elevated slightly off the surface.
After studying symbolic progression within early South African cave art, the students were asked to use specific marks which corresponded to the cave art they viewed and tell a symbolic story with those marks. They were asked to modify how the marks were used to make their story more easily recognizable and to also create a written version of the story.
After studying early human symbolic development in South Africa, the students then looked at and learned about later more developed symbolic rock art from the same region. Afterwards, they were instructed on how to draw and paint animals from South Africa and then to recreate their own painted rock art using the animal they chose.
The 7th grade art students were asked to create a 2 part project. They studied linear perspective, the Renaissance and some select modern artists to prepare them for the project. They were then expected to draw a 2 point mechanomorphic fantasy machine, followed by a 3D cut-paper version of their drawing.
The students were taught how to draw landscapes using linear perspective and asked to create a fantasy tree house using that and other strategies that were taught.
The Students studied American Folk Art and its related characteristics and influences. They then viewed the art of a local artist, Kelly Sheppard Murray, and recreated one type of art she is currently creating. The students were asked to match the texture of their faux bark sculpture to that of the previous project they had created. The two were then displayed together.
This project was created after the 7th grade
art students studied how to apply the
Principles of Design in both 2D and 3D
mediums. They were asked to use 3 Cubist
artists as inspiration and applied one
principle per card. The students were then
challenged to construct their sculptures,
using all nine cards, with only 3 cards
touching the surface.
Formal Critique Portfolio
The requirements for this lesson were for the students to create a three part portfolio, including cover, showing progressively more difficult variations of one point linear perspective. They were asked to personalize their portfolio, were allowed to use any material and submitted their photos through their Canvas course.
Digital Art Lesson
These are examples of digital art the seventh grade art students were instructed to make as a means to obtain proficiency using photo editing software. They were asked to include a foreground, mid ground and background and to create a theme that was specific to their personality.