8th Grade Art

8th grade students have art every other day for one semester or half of the year. They learn about artists, art movements, and different techniques through the use of a variety of materials.

Information about each project and assignments are posted on google classroom throughout the course.

Below are some of the projects that students have worked on in the past and may work on this year!

JASPER JOHNS DESIGNS

Students will learn about:

  • Jasper Johns

  • Composition

  • Color

  • Value

  • Overlapping

OP ART HANDS

Students will learn about:

  • Op Art

  • Victor Vasarely

  • Bridget Riley

  • Drawing Techniques

  • Contour Lines

  • Repetition

  • Value


LANDSCAPE PAINTINGS

Students will learn about:

  • Abbas Kiarostami

  • Painting Techniques

  • Space & Depth

  • Shadows vs. Cast Shadows

  • Texture


ABSTRACT CITY COLLAGES

Students will learn about:

  • Stuart Davis

  • Abstract Art

  • Collage

  • Variety

  • Positive & Negative Space

  • Composition


WIRE FIGURE SCULPTURES

Students will learn about:

  • Alberto Giacometti

  • Sculpture

  • Gesture Drawings

  • Proportion

  • Scale

  • Form


POP ART SODA CANS

Students will learn about:

  • Andy Warhol

  • Pop Art

  • Color

  • Line

  • Value

  • Composition

  • Advertisement & Logo Design

STAMP DESIGNS

Students will learn about:

  • Robert Indiana

  • Painting Techniques

  • Color Mixing

  • Primary vs. Secondary Colors

  • Tints & Shades

"ARTISTIC DNA" PAINTINGS

Students will learn about:

  • Reggie Laurent

  • Abstract Art

  • Shapes

  • Lines

  • Colors

  • Repetition

  • Movement

PERSPECTIVE CITY SCENES

Students will learn about:

  • One-Point Perspective

  • Vanishing point

  • Vanishing lines

  • Parallel lines

  • Color choice

  • Viewpoints

    • Bird's eye view

    • City street scene

SYMMETRY FACES

Students will learn about:

  • African Masks

  • Symmetry

  • Balance

  • Contrast

  • Positive Space

  • Negative Space

GRAFFITI NAMES

Students will learn about:

  • Graffiti Art

  • Lady Pink

  • Graffiti vs. Vandalism

  • Color

  • Color Blending

  • Printing Techniques

  • Letter Styling

REALISTIC INSECTS

Students will learn about:

  • Albrecht Durer

  • Texture

  • Value

  • Line Detail

  • Colory Theory

  • Analogous Color Scheme

CYANOTYPES

Students will learn about:

  • Anna Atkins

  • Cyanotype Photography

  • Texture

  • Line

  • Shape

  • Overlapping

  • Balance

  • Compositional Space