BWMS 8th grade student gallery Still life #sketches & WPA art #lessonplan #artsed #horry

To help the students get a firm grasp on form, value and contrast, Mr. Doublet and I set up some still life stations and allowed the students to work with charcoal and graphite. 

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We were really pleased with the work that the students came up with. I only wish we had more time to spend with them on working with the carcoal so they could independently create more forms and values on their figures based on the Works Progress Administration / People at Work lesson plan which can be found below from Google Docs

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6th graders Ancient Greek vases w/ crayon etching: student gallery & #lessonplan #artsed #horry #socialstudies

6th graders learned the conept of contrast and variety when they made a crayon scratch work on tag board in the shape of a Grecian vase.

Students had to come up with the basic Greek vase shape, which was a subject they were also learning about in their Social Studies class at the time.

Students then had to put a light layer of crayon down on a piece of tagboard. They would then put a much darker color of crayon on top of it.  

By using our scratch art tools, the students could scratch away some shapes and objects off of the darker shade to create contrast.

I initially got this idea off of the Incredible art department web site, but I have also turned it into a Powerpoint with some Discovery education videos on it 

You can check out my Power Point right here:

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I have also a Google Docs presentation of it that you can embed into your site or Edmodo wall to share with your students

 

Check out some of the work that the kids made

8th grade BWMS student #gallery of Sweet Potato #Sculptures #artsed #craft #handson #horry

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First off, trying to get these pics off of my Iphone was very time consuming, so there were a lot not featured here - but you can see more on the class Facebook site: Mr G's BWMS Art Class

I heard that students could practice carving by using a sweet potato and an x-acto knife. Well, we had several accidents when the project started so I had to switch gears.

My students never brought in logs for me to use, so we ended up using the hammers and chisels from that project on our sweet potatos.

I was surprised with what the students came up with, but I wish they could have used a bit more creativity on it, instead of basically turning them into Jack-O-Lanterns.  I think next year, they will have to make them into the heads of animals - something they can clearly understand as three dimensional.