sketchbook due 3-14

OH NO...EARTH HAS BEEN INVADED!
• But you are the only human on earth who has met them! It is up to you to tell their story! Make a full page, color composition and tell the world the news that everyone is waiting breathlessly to hear: What do they look like? What can they do? Where are they from? What language do they speak? Why are they here? What are their names? How did they get here?
• Ok to include words, descriptions, or labels with your drawings. Make them attractive, as part of your page layout.
• Plan the whole page of your color composition-- You can include backgrounds and you can use more than 1 picture - like snapshots, closeups, families

sketchbook 3-7

Letter people:
Use Color ----- Fill the Page
Make a six letter word (or more). Your word can have repeat letters (like: Betty B.) but you can't use repeat letter people. Each letter is a new solution. Plan it first so the drawings will all fit!

Sketchbook Due 2-28

"Everybody's Junk Drawer"
1.
I think every household has a
"junk drawer" - that drawer that's filled with all the "stuff" no one knows what to do with. Open the drawer, don't move anything, and draw what you see as a modified contour drawing.
--Do the drawing very lightly in pencil- no black marker
--You can make the drawing in a 7" x 9" rectangle.
--Don't be obsessed with realism! Let the drawing be loose! Fill the page! (or the rectangle.)

2.
After completing the pencil drawing, now outline in felt tip marker.
Then layer colored pencil in interesting ways.
What color scheme/approach can you invent?

Flying the coop....

With spring approaching....(hopefully), 7th graders studied the work of James Audubon and then created watercolor paintings of a chosen bird. Check out this example; isn't it amazing?!

2 pt. perspective names

Year long art 8 classes have been learning about perspective. They created their names in 2 point perspective and are now working on creating cityscapes.

contour & charcoal drawings

As the new semester begins, 2-D art students are studying basic drawing skills. Check out their amazing talents. This is going to be a great semester.