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| Just a Few of the finished covers and character designs! |
Tuesday, May 5, 2015
Middle School Comic Book Club
The last two weeks of CBC the students have been working to complete their tye-dyed shirts and comic book posters.
A lot of hard work but we still had fun times.
Monday, March 16, 2015
Color Theory & 1pt. Perspective
Who knew learning how to draw a shape in one point perspective could lead to beautiful works of abstract art?
This year's 9 week sculpture class has been learning about color schemes and one point perspective. We started off by reviewing primary vs. secondary colors and color mixing. From there we learned that when we combine colors together into groups, we are creating a color scheme.
Once they created all five groups, the students selected their favorite color scheme. With their favorite color scheme in mind, they began to raid my magazine drawers for pages and ads that had samples of their needed colors. The end result...a lot of paper scraps on the floor.
The magazine pages were then cut into strips or circles (the student's choice) to add texture and color to their backgrounds.
Then using cardboard as their "canvas" the students drew their favorite arrangement of shapes in one point perspective. Cut out the shape arrangement. Then cardboard shapes were painted with colors from their selected color schemes.
Concepts Covered:
Low Relief Sculpture
Variety of Color Schemes
1 point Perspective
This year's 9 week sculpture class has been learning about color schemes and one point perspective. We started off by reviewing primary vs. secondary colors and color mixing. From there we learned that when we combine colors together into groups, we are creating a color scheme.
Color Schemes we focused on:
Warm
Cool
Primary
Secondary
Analogous
Complementary
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| screenshot from color scheme powerpoint |
We practiced drawing assorted shapes in groups using one point perspective.
Each group had to use 7-11 shapes
Each group had its own vanishing point and horizon line
Each group was then colored in using a different color scheme
5 groups of shapes= 5 different color schemes
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| 2 student examples of practice pages |
The magazine pages were then cut into strips or circles (the student's choice) to add texture and color to their backgrounds.
Then using cardboard as their "canvas" the students drew their favorite arrangement of shapes in one point perspective. Cut out the shape arrangement. Then cardboard shapes were painted with colors from their selected color schemes.
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| Examples of Cool Color Scheme and Analogous Color Schemes |
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| Example of Primary Color Scheme |
Despite all the snow days and the crazy testing schedule the students were able to create beautiful and eye catching works of abstract art.
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| The classroom mascot and my teacher's exemplar of the project. |
Monday, February 9, 2015
Art Room Sinks!
I think after 3 years in this classroom, I have finally figured out a system that works for both myself and my students when it comes to keeping the art room sinks clean!
Everything from the paintbrushes to the paint rags has a place to be...and if the students don't remember hopefully the signs will help...wishful thinking :)
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