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!).
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!!!
