Bas-Relief Sculptures in progress

The 8th grade artists have been working on their clay and metal bas-relief sculptures in art. They have explored the concept of projections,recessions, and invented texture to create interest and emphasis their sculptural works of art. Students have also recently seen videos on the concept of throwing on the pottery wheel and other techniques in handbuilt sculpture and three-dimensional art.

In class we have also discussed course options at the high school level that will give 8th grade students further experiences in Sculpture,Ceramics, and Mixed-Media Art. As a result of their sculpture experience,the 8th grade students can now consider further exploration of these additional areas of study as they enter the 9th grade at the Downers Grove South High School or other high school art program.

Soon some additional samples of 8th grade object renderings in pencil will be displayed at Lakeview and on the Lakeview website.

Sculpture unit begins...

This past week 8th grade artists have completed their sculpture drawings and have explored a logo design as part of the graphic design unit in art.

Students created logo color comps or color roughs as graphic designers based on the concept of weather, the seasons, climate change or global warming. Students used a graphic or pictorial symbol,a geometric shape, and a sense of contrast to create their logograms or word pictures.
In addition, students had an opportunity to explain their work based on some of the elements and principles of art and design criteria in class.

Students are now preparing to start their bas- relief sculpture unit in the next weeks.
The 8th grade art students have created colored pencil drawings based on nature inspiration sources such as animals,plants,fish,the weather, and the natural environment.

The concept of bas-relief sculpture can be created in many mediums such as clay,metal,wood and stone and has been used in many forms of art and architecture through many cultures and civilizations.
Students will soon explore the concept of projections,recessions,and texture to create their low-relief sculptural designs with modeling tools.

Class of 2008 Grad cover creations

Students have reached the final stages of their Class of 2008 Grad Cover designs.



The 8th grade have used some of the elements of art such as line,shape,and space and the principles of art such as emphasis,dominance, and contrast. In addition, the students have learned about the need for a visual hook and the use of "breathing space" or negative space to increase the visual impact of their work.



Lakeview artists have also selected different fonts from the computer to coordinate with the mood or feeling of their program cover design. The importance of type or font styles has been introduced and will be further studied next week with connections to the real world of advertising art, marketing and careers in graphic design.



In addition,students have started to create finished color drawings based on the theme of nature,the weather or climate change for their sculpture unit which will be introduced this coming week.