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7th Grade ~ OP Art lesson
After a discussion about patterns, this is the worksheet I start them with. Example From here, they select one of the patterns (2x2, 3x3, or 4x4) and complete their design on either graph paper, or...
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Miscellaneous 7th and 8th Grade projects :)
8th Grade - Scratch Art!Pinch Pot Animals7th Grade - Comic Grid Enlargement7th Grade - Value Illusion7th Grade - Color Wheel "Hidden Picture"
View ArticleNew year...new adventures!
So a new year is about to begin (after Labor Day weekend).....and I think I'm ready. Well, almost ready. ;) But I do feel refreshed and a bit eager to get back in to the swing of things.I have been...
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New Year ~ New Look
Here are some photos of my classroom. I still have some things to put up and other things to put away. But so far, so good. I was fortunate enough to be able to add some color on two of my walls....
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Illuminations - 8th grade
This project was done with colored pencils and 12x18 Pacon brand construction paper. I have used both the Peacock and Tru-Ray and love them both. The paper is super smooth and the colored pencils...
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8th Grade Clay Projects!
This is how I set up the glaze "stations". Students would get their glazes from me, but if they had left-over, or when they were finished, they would simply place their cup of glaze in to the labeled...
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Illuminated Letters
After a brief history of Illuminated Letters (using a PowerPoint slide show I made), students were asked to use one of their initials for a large design. They had to use an interesting style (font)...
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Edible Color Wheels
Using graham crackers and primary colored frosting (food coloring added), students worked in groups to create their own color wheel. A fun "quiz" that they can eat when finished!
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Interactive Drawings
Probably one of the most fun projects I've done this year. A new one for me! I was inspired by some images I found on Pinterest where the artist took a photo of a drawing and held it up in front of a...
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Attendance Book Tips and Tricks
I think I've finally come up with a good system for my attendance and records of pass usage. We do our attendance online, but I still like to keep a handwritten copy. It doesn't take long to transfer...
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2012-13 Art Show
This is the first year we were able to use the entire room (lecture hall) for our art show. In years past we've had to share it with the annual book fair. Even though that brought a lot of traffic...
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8th Grade Paper Mache Masks!
This project was made by applying paper mache to a plastic mask form (ordered from Nasco). Students decorated their mask as they wished!
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7th Grade Animal Collage
After a brief lesson about Rosa Bonheur, students selected an image of an animal to draw. Once the image was drawn out, students looked through magazines for a variety of colors and textures that...
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8th Grade Grid Enlargement Car drawings
For this lesson, students reviewed the grid enlargement process via three worksheets. (pics soon) From there, they chose a photo of a car that they liked. Instead of drawing a grid directly on the...
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It's another new year and things are going well! I have some new lessons I'm trying and will post what I can asap. We are also looking in to lessons involving the Adobe Photoshop Elements 11 software...
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8th Grade Sugar Skull masks
Here is just a sample of the fun Sugar Skull masks we made. The kids loved it! I will post more examples and my lesson plan soon. (done with a fine point Sharpie -- drawn in pencil first) So here is...
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Micrography Lesson 2013-14
I started them out with a Thinking Map activity. This worked well as it helped them to brainstorm a lot of words for their picture. This is something that they referred to quite often as they...
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Clay Stamps
I have not made clay stamps with my classes before -- we'll see how it goes! The idea is to have the kids use their stamps on a sculpture that we will be making in a few months. They seemed to really...
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