6th and 7th Grade Comics

6^th and 7^th grade students were introduced to value and how to work with different tones in order to show light and dark in 2-panel comics that showcased what their genius trait is in the first panel then what they could do with their genius trait in the second panel.

Students focused on the idea of telling a sequential narrative in two panels as well as using 5 shades of values to create emphasis and mood.

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8th Grade Rooms of Fear and Comfort

8th grade students were introduced to the art of Hollis Sigler as well as the idea of perspective and space; after students analyzed the art of Hollis Sigler they learned to create one-point perspective rooms that open up into a second, separate room. One of the rooms was meant to show their deepest, darkest fears while the other room was meant to be filled with comforting things that the student enjoys.

This unit ran for quite a few instructional hours longer than I had planned due to student interest in adding furniture and objects in one-point perspective; the time spent mastering one-point perspective was well worth it. I enjoyed watching the students grasp the concept of perspective in art as much as the students seemed to enjoy exploring the possibilities with perspective. 

 

2nd/3rd Grade Self-Portraits

For this lesson students in the 2nd/3rd split class created self-portraits! Students were introduced to the formal concept of portraiture and demonstrated an ability to successfully add all facial features to a self-portrait of themselves.

The learning objective for this lesson was to add detailed facial features, color using realistic colors, and practice neatness with colored pencil; although this lesson was challenging for students at first, I feel as though the class showed lots of growth!