8th grade art

8th Grade students studied Van Gogh’s art works and his specific painting technique. We specifically examined The Starry Night, one of the most famous painting of Van Gogh. First every student to…

8th Grade – The Art of Dale Chihuly – In the K-8 Art Studio with Anita Sagastegui

Ms. Cummings Art Room: 7th Grade Giacometti Sculptures

We are examining Art by Georgia O ‘Keeffe this month. Here are the steps for our succulents. You can use white glue or heavy black crayon… | Instagram

What do giant snack bags have to do with art? They are POP ART! Eighth grade took a look at pop artists, such as Andy Warhol, and we discussed popular culture. Some times labels, such as Andy Warhol's Campbell's Soup Cans, can be used for pop art. Eighth grade paired up into groups of two or three to create these giant snacks. Students brought in what ever type of snack bag they wanted to mimic. We used folding and measuring to try and match our snack bags. After painting the large paper we…

These close-up oil pastel drawings were inspired by Georgia O'Keeffe and the way she focuses on the details of an object. 8th grader...

My most popular lesson this year! I tend to take bigger risks with my 7th and 8th graders... Sometimes I just get a lightning bolt idea out… | Instagram

Our complex color wheels are done! So are our color theory musical symbols with "vibration" lines. After two weeks of painting we need to do something else. It should be time for clay, or tin tooling or something! But, even thought I gave her my supply order 7 weeks ago, the secretary STILL has not sent it to the school district warehouse, the only place I can get art supplies with school money. So these projects feature a lot of drawing, pencil, marker and pen. We are out of oil pastel…