Minimalist Cardboard Freestanding Sculptures

*Sculpture*

The idea for this introductory Sculpture project came from an art teacher blog I found on Pinterest. Check out this amazing lesson here!   

My class was videotaped by Mr. Silva, a math teacher at our school, during this unit. Meet me and meet my students. Check out the video!

Embroidered Quotes

*Studio Drawing and Painting*

Plan: Students will embroider a quote using at least 3 different sewing stitches on felt. Paint is optional.

Mobiles

*Art One*

Students created mobiles using wire, paper mâché, tissue paper, and cardboard. We viewed two separate image slideshow of mobiles I found on Pinterest.

Still Life Relief

*Studio Drawing and Painting*

Aluminum Foil Relief: Movement, Repetition, and Variety

*Art One*

Analagous Precisionist Paintings on Canvas

*Studio Drawing and Painting"

After discussing what was happening in the US during the 1920's and talking about the Precionist style of painting, students combined images from two image packets showing architecture and architecture details on a canvas. They use two neighboring colors on the color wheel, white acrylic tinted with watercolor, and show gradients in the shapes.

Illusion of Depth Collage with Magazines and Oil Pastels

*Art One*

Students created collages showing 3-5 figures in an interior space. They will use the six illusion of depth "tricks".