In seventh grade we work on:

Composition

Sketching

Creating abstact art

Drawing the human figure

Learning about Principles of Design

Sculpting with clay

We use:

Colored pencils, sharpies, clay, pastels, and watercolor and acrylic paint

We learn about:

French and American Impressionists

Post Impressionists

Symbolism, Fauvism, Expressionism

Cubism and Futurism

*Students are required to write two to three papers a year on an assigned artist from the grade specific era