This week the 7th grade artists are busy working on their reflective and very expressive shoe drawings. Students are using their actual shoe as they draw from direct observation of a form. Some students have begun to enhance their drawings with an imaginary background to express a mood or something further about their world.
Each student is using the elements of line, form,color texture and value to make their shoe look both realistic and 3-dimensional. In addition, the 7th grade artists are employing the art principles of contrast to show texture and proportion,as they draw their shoe to scale.
In addition, students have learned about the principle of dominance and they are giving emphasis through the use of contour lines. These contour lines are accentuated lines that are used to make a 2-D drawing look three-dimensional in nature.
Also, connections to the world of animation,cartooning,and especially action comic book hereos have been displayed and explored in class from Marvel comics.
