8th grade art

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…

I saw something similar to this while searching for collage ideas. I used it at the beginning of the year because I wanted to start with something I was pretty sure they could all be successful with - especially for those that have no art background. They were allowed to use an image of their choice. Those that chose to use a photo of themselves were my favorite. It's amazing how much the end result actually looks like them -- even without facial feature details! They shared their image with…

8th Graders used patterns and visual textures to create designs called Zentangles. These types of patterns are characterized by the repetition and movement of lines. Students also worked with...

So this is a really fun project that I did with my 8th grade students just this last quarter. I had never done this project before but I got...

For the first time this year, I am teaching painting. I absolutely love painting. It is one of my favorite mediums to work in! I had a lot of apprehensive students coming in to start the 6 weeks because they were worried about their drawing skills but I assured them they would be fine. So far, everyone is VERY successful in their work! The first project we are doing is a Pop Art Portrait. They learned about artist Andy Warhol and pop art. They then looked for their own photo of a person they…

7th and 8th grade students developed their pen drawing skills via the illustration of a landscape.

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…

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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...