Stencil mania!

Here's clearly my top stencil. Check the 8th grade section for more.  This girl did a ridiculous job on this!!
I had to borrow it from her to print it on some ties.  So sweet.

here's one of her prints.

8th grade value drawings and song paintings!

Here are our recent paintings.  Each one is based on a song that the student chose.  

 Here are my 2nd period's Value drawings of their faces.

Guess who we just studied??

Roy Lichtenstein created large reproductions of comics that commented on society.  We simply drew them huge and changed the speech bubble to be funny or make a statement.

Andy Goldsworthy goes into nature and creates art pieces with found materials.  He photographs them and then leaves to let nature take its course.  Check out more of ours in the 8th grade section.

Sweet Bobble heads!

Check out my 8th graders bobble heads.  See the 8th grade section for more.

Check out our new work!

My 6th grade just finished painting large candy wrappers using either primary, analogous, or complimentary coloring scheme.  My 7th grade just finished their pop can color pencil drawings.  My 8th grade just finished their doodle face drawings inspired by Chuck Close.  Check out each grade level section for more!!

Warm/Cool Landscapes

Check out some sweet Warm/Cool Landscape paintings my 6th graders just finished.  For more see the 6th grade section.

8th grade punched square mosaics

Here are some of my 8th graders Punched Square Mosaics.  Each design was based on a principle of design.  They represent Contrast, Movement, Pattern, Emphasis, Balance, or Rhythm. These are my top 3 favorites. See 8th grade section for more. 

Here are some amazing value drawings my 7th graders finished.  Check out the 7th grade section for more.

Drawing Boot Camp

Here's a picture of our upside down contour line copies of one of Picasso's works.  These were done by my sixth graders.  My seventh graders each got 2 tiny squares to make bigger and then we put together a picture of...........Justin Bieber.

Some sweet paper toy robots

Check out the 8th grade section for more.  These are my top two favorites.

6th grade warm/cool landscapes

Here are some examples of our recent warm and cool landscape paintings.  We used sharpie and black glue to do the lines and watercolor paint to fill it in.

Some new work is up!

From delicious clay sandwiches to bobble heads we do it all and have fun at the same time.  I'm so proud of what my students have made so far this year.  Also check out the Art Awards we made for the top 17 art students this year.  

Here's some new work to kick off the Spring!!

My 6th grade finished their candy wrappers (color theory), my 7th graders finished their animal eyes, while my 8th graders took some forced perspective photographs.  Cool stuff!!