Complementary Color Wheels

In 7th grade we are reviewing the color wheel.  Students first worked on a color wheel worksheet filling in each piece using colored pencils.  They chose 8 colors they wanted for their final drawing and began their complementary color wheel which is shown below.  Instead of just creating a plain colored background, students practiced shading with colored pencils.  The objects were later colored in the complementary color inside the triangle (make sense?)  Just for review here is a link to a color wheel (scroll down the page a bit)-the complement is directly parallel.

 

7th grade VALUE

It’s a new semester and a whole new group of students have entered the Art Room.  We are working through the same Elements as last semester, and my 7th grade has been busy working with VALUE.  Here is a view of last semesters work with a brief explanation of why/what we were doing. 

The images below are amazing examples of what is going on in the room!

A brief glimpse at the work done using oil pastels.  Just like last semester, I would say the two examples are a huge success!

We made front page news!

Very happy to see this on the front page of our Junior High school newspaper.  Three students created an "Art Corner" and two works were featured.  So proud to see the art as a prominent feature (FRONT PAGE!) of the paper that both parents and students read.  Great job!!

7th grade-VALUE-Watercolor

It seems like so long ago that we were working with Value in my 7th grade classes (September).  But I just came across these two amazing examples of how we demonstrated value using watercolor.  The main goal was that they were to show the fade from light to dark somewhere on their paper (there could be some solid spots also).  I LOVE these two examples, amazing work!

Op Art

Both 7th and 8th grade students worked with the style of OP ART for a few assignments.  I incorportated the style to work side by side with LINE (which was both 7th and 8th grades element of the month for October). I love the way these assignments turn out every time.  All the Op Art assignments they do are "do-able" for all students---for all ability levels.  Some great examples are shown below of two out of the three Op art based assignments we do.  

This one is almost complete (I need a picture of the finished artwork).

LINE-7th grade

7th graders focused on LINE for the month of October.  For the assignment shown below students split their paper into 9 4X4 squares.  In each square they were to use a letter (some chose multiple letters and that was OK) and write it in a variety of fonts and styles.  After they created their lettering they were to use a variety of lines in the background to create an interesting space that complements one another and is visually interesting.  Per usual, I am totally inspired by their creativity and variety of choices!  

Especially love on this one how not only did they use letter fonts, but also sign language to illustrate their letter!

7th Grade-VALUE-Cubism Oil Pastels

7th grade worked on another VALUE assignment, this time using oil pastels.  The results are AMAZING!!!  These are just a small snapshot of the many amazing artworks that students created.  I couldn't be happier with the results!

Lesson idea with steps http://afaithfulattempt.blogspot.com/2011/09/fractured-cubist-oil-pastel-drawings.html

7th Grade-VALUE

7th grade students have been focusing on the art Element VALUE for the month of September.  These are just a few examples of the amazing work they have been creating.  Since value is a very difficult concept for most students to master, we worked with a variety of mediums (pencil, colored pencil, oil pastel, watercolor, etc...) to keep them interested and successful.   

The following 2 examples showcase students drawing from life.  Their main objective was to draw something seated in front of them.  In this case it was a hat or a stuffed animal.  They worked with shading in the form, but were able to do whatever they wanted for the background.  Students created a value scale to use as a tool to create a successful drawing.

For the next 3 images, we talked briefly about the work of Georges Braque and Pablo Picasso, both cubist artists.  Students were to pick a design, object as the focus of their artwork. They later added shapes on top of the form to create a somewhat "cubist inspired" design.  The main goal was to create light and dark shades gradually with their colored pencils.  The following three were amazing and all used a different approach to the same assignment (I love when that happens!).

Lesson concept from : http://afaithfulattempt.blogspot.com/2011/04/cubist-drawings.html

 I desperately need to get a new camera to continue documenting students artwork.  I can't wait to get pictures of their oil pastel drawings, they came out so cool!  I think most, if not all are happy with the results from that lesson.  After the month of September we will be moving on to the art element LINE..I know I have a lot of 7th graders looking forward to moving on.  

Keep on Creating!!!