May 2018
May 2018
May 2018
April 2018
March 2018
January/April 2018
December 2017
November 2017
6th grade students were inspired by the sculpture of Jean Dubuffet and
created their own standing sculptures.
October 2017
7th graders employed the Surrealist Exquisite Corpse to make creative characters.
May 2018
7th graders explored portrait and gesture through wire sculpture.
May 2018
7th graders used one image and reproduced it to illustrate the elements of art: line, shape, form, texture, space, color, and value.
7th and 8th graders created interesting drawings with one-point perspective.
7th and 8th graders created self-portraits by tracing photographs on transparency sheets,
adding acrylic to the back, and layering it on top of a painted background.
adding acrylic to the back, and layering it on top of a painted background.
January/April 2018
Middle School students talked about the historic art style of Futurism and similar uses of motion and movement in art through time. They then used moveable figures to create their own work that depicts the idea of motion.
Cyclist Through the City, 1945, by Fortunato Depero
Unique Forms of Continuity in Space, 1913, by Umberto Boccioni
Unique Forms of Continuity in Space, 1913, by Umberto Boccioni
Chronophotography from the 1880s.
Three-dimensional digital printing/sculpting by Peter Jansen.
December 2017
6th grade students explored bas-relief and non-objective design with colorful interpretations.
6th grade students were inspired by the sculpture of Jean Dubuffet and
created their own standing sculptures.
Middle School students learned about the use of radial symmetry in nature and
from a variety of cultures, then created their own designs.
May 2016
in clay by making bobbleheads!
April 2016
8th graders explored radial symmetry and origami folding through these unique designs.
Middle School students created people in motion through wire, plaster gauze, and paint.
December/January 2015
Middle School students created masks with plaster gauze and chose their own expressive ways of finishing them with a variety of materials. Here are just a few.
November 2015
Middle School artists studied the work of Sonia Delunay then created their own circle themed compositions. Using what they discovered from the previous color mixing exercise, they combined interesting colors to create strong movement.
October 2015
Middle School artists used the primary colors
of red, yellow, and blue to create a wonderful range of new colors.
of red, yellow, and blue to create a wonderful range of new colors.
Wonderful persistence by all!
Middle School artists studied the meaning and designs of Egyptian symbols. They then created their own interpretation in their choice of two-dimensional media. What excellent individual expressions!
June 2015
8th graders had the opportunity to try reduction printing which uses multiple colors on one image.
June 2015
Students explored a Mayan poem in Ms. Nicola's Language Arts class. They then illustrated the poems in the media of their choice.
You are my other me
If I do harm to you
If I do harm to myself
If I love and respect you
I love and respect myself.
-Mayan Poem
May 2015
6th-8th graders looked at Surrealist art by Salvador Dali, Rene Magritte, and M.C. Escher. These artists were inspired by psychology, the subconscious, dreams, and juxtaposition. They then used these ideas in their own Surrealist collages.
April 2015
One-Point Perspective
by 6th-8th graders
March 2015
5th-8th graders sculpted big mouth creatures, monsters, and friends.
Sixth and Seventh graders looked at the work of
Frank Stella. They then created their own sculptural paintings with dimension.
Seventh grade explored color, value, and transparency with chalk pastels.
Sixth grade created these sculptures with
repetition of shape and variety of size.
6th & 8th graders studied three-dimensional shading to create these
"Impossible Stacking Forms"
Sixth graders used the color wheel, overlapping, and transparancy to
create these vibrant paintings.
6th-8th graders created dynamic self-portraits by using a photo of themselves. After cutting the photo in half, students did an excellent job of matching value (lights, mediums, and darks) in pencil, then added their own creative ideas with a variety of materials.
A look back...
Here are a few pieces from the middle school
students in the year 2012-2013.
Self-portraits with "I am" poems
created by 7th graders.
Abstracted faces in clay made by 8th graders.
