River Rocks

A couple of weeks ago we did a project that was inspired by River Rocks.  If you have ever walked along the edge of a river in North Carolina, then you know how beautiful all the pebbles and rocks are at the edge of the river. 

Students painted 3-5 sheets of paper different colors and then cut out irregular/organic shapes and glued them on black paper.

8th Grade Art Work

8th Grade Art students have moved out of their Design Unit and into Printmaking.  Our first experience was printing leaves that we collected outside.  The students enjoyed this project and the results are great. 

NOVEMBER

Middle School Art Student of the Month
NOVEMBER

Today 8th Grade Art Students will go outside to collect leaves for a printmaking project.  We will ink the back of the leaves and then print the leaves on colored paper.  These type of prints are called MONOTYPES.  Students will learn how to sign and number the prints too.

7th Grade Art Students are learning about Renaissance Art and have been working on a Christian Cross Mosaic.  They have two more weeks to finish the project.  I will post pictures of thier work soon.

Painted Paper Quilts and Egyptian Paintings

The Eighth Grade Art Students have been working hard in class.  They completed The Painted Paper Quilts.  Here are some samples of their work.

The seventh grade art students completed their work on Egyptian Art.  Here are some samples of their paintings.



Paper Quilt Making

We are in our 6th week of school and the students are creating some wonderful things!  We started a paper quilt making project last week.  We painted strips of scrap paper, then we are going to cut the pieces in 2 inch or 3 inch squares and then piece them together into a colorful quilt.  Here are some photographs of the students working on their quilts.  In a future post, I will include photos of the finished product.