8th grade art projects

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…

An agamograph is a series of images that change at different angles. This work is named after the Israeli sculptor, Yaacov Agam, born in 1928. He is known for his optical and kinetic art. Our 7th...

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…

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Posterized Portraits: Create striking portraits.

How to make any line drawing into a glitch art drawing with these easy steps. Fun and easy art lesson for kids.

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...

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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…

Over the past few weeks, 8th graders explored their identities through the collage process. Students were asked to think about what shapes or influences who they are today. In class, we talked...

Lots of free art projects! Each with resources, video tutorials, and additional photos!

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