Weekly Art Projects
This page will show you all of our weekly projects based around science and art. Each week we have a different theme that our artists study and create their own personalized art project. View the hyperlinks below each project to see pictures of our class artwork for each project!
Students created artistic covers for their art journals for our Scientific Illustration Class.
Students studied frog and amphibian blood and cardiac muscle under the microscope, as well as a real-life cow and sheep heart. They were tasked with creating an Emo-style heart-based tattoo OR a Valentine Card.
Students studied the geometry behind snowflakes by hyper-focusing on one singular snowflake OR illustrating a snow-weather event.
Students studied the difference between astronomy and astrology by creating a space-themed background, equipped with their Zodiac signs' personality traits and constellation in the stars.
(mailed in by 3/22 for consideration)
Students completed a wild fish art contest and may enter it into the Wildlife Forever national art competition.
Students studied various terrestrial, aquatic, and air arthropod species in resin and under the microscope. They chose to focus on one species to illustrate, or a specific body part that allowed them to adapt to their environment and create a design-piece.
Art Contest (optional)
(emailed in by 4/7 for consideration)
Students completed a Virginia wildflower art contest that may be entered into the Shenandoah National Park's state-wide art competition.
Students studied the effects of different wavelengths of visible light in a landscape or seascape.
Students will create a unique self-portrait in Canva and use their knowledge of the anatomy of a human face to make their own fine-art portrait.
Students will use their knowledge of a crayfish dissection and sea create slides to illustrate a creepy mythological or extinct creature OR a current, unique sea creature.
Life Drawings: Leesburg Animal Park
On Monday, April 29th students will travel to the Leesburg Animal Park to draw real-life animals in motion and their natural(ish) habitat.
Students will track the weather for the week, paint the types of clouds in their cloud journal, and illustrate a single water drop or a water-related weather event.