Aboriginal Prints

8th grade students created linoleum prints which were inspired by Aboriginal X-ray style art. This style of art which originated in Australia depicts the silhouette and the internal parts of an animal. Students created a double reduction print in a series of 10.

Expressive portraits

7th grade artists transformed shadows and highlights into bold and intense colors in these impressive self portraits. Notice how the color influences the mood of the art work. Can you guess who?

Body Bags in Art??

The 8th grade 3-D class has been having a lot of fun creating Screamers in class. Screamers are crazy creatures created with paper and cloth mache. We are in the process of creating our creatures and had to store the body parts in plastic bags which which like to refer to as "body bags." Below are some pics of the work in progress. Look back soon for the finished characters!

Durer Animals

In 8th grade art, we examined the work of Albrecht Durer. He is one of the most famous print makers of all time and is known for his meticulous drawing of animals. His "Rhinocerous" print inspired us to create our own animals

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Color wheels

Color is one of the most fundamental elements of art. In 7th grade we studied the color wheel and created radial patterns.