8th grade realsim unit

For this week 8th grade students have continued working on their object renderings.

In addition,students have completed a reading and discussion on the Baroque artist named Caravaggio who worked and lived in the 17th -18th c.
Caravaggio developed the use of dramatic lighting and spotlighting in his paintings. Also, the artist named Caravaggio used a full range of values in his work and a strong focal point as the students are doing in their object renderings. Students have also seen the connection between the work of Rembrandt and Caravaggio as part of this unit on realism and shading.

Students were reminded that the DGS Art department will be doing a presentation to the 8th grade in January at Lakeview Jr.High regarding the art electives that are available to students.

Realism Unit

This past week the 8th grade art students were continuing with their unit on realism.

Students have reviewed the life and work of Rembrandt who was a 17th century artist from Holland who used dramatic lighting and creative uses of shading in his realistic works of art.

Currently students are continuing with the layout of their object rendering and are exploring a variety of shading techniques to bring out the texture and detail of the object that they will be rendering. In addition during this past week the art students have created a value scale and have reviewed the significance of a full range of values in a realistic work of art.

Reflective Hand Drawing Unit comes to a close

The 8th grade art students have just completed their reflective hand drawings which show value,line,form and texture and may reflect their interests. Sample student drawings are currently displayed in the Lakeview hallway showcase near the art and music wing of the school.

Students are currently selcting interesting object photos from magazines or from digital photos to transpose in the drawing medium with pencil and the optional use of colored pencil.
In this unit the students will explore the techniques used to achieve more photographic realism in their renderings which will be highly finished and more detailed in nature.

8th Grade art

This week begins the start of 2nd trimester art for the 8th grade students.

We are starting this trimester with a review of realistic drawing and the light and shadow system. The students have begun a reflective hand drawing of their hand in pencil with the emphasis on form and shading.

End of trimester for 7th grade

This week students reviewed color theory and received their scratchboard designs back before the end of the trimester. Some examples of student work will be displayed after the break in the showcase at Lakeview JHS.

Samples of student artwork can be seen above in the scratchboard technique.

Scratchboard unit and Tints and Shades in Tempera Paint

In art this week students have finished their scratchboard designs. Also, this week 7th grade students also reviewed tints and shades and painted a monochromatic painting worksheet with tempera paint or water-soluble paint.

Students have completed their multicolored scratchboard images and have really enjoyed this unit and the process of scratchboard. In the near future several scratchboard images will be on display for viewing in the showcase. In addition, many still-life and scrachboard images were photographed for future display on the Lakeview website.

Finalization of Scratchboard

During this week students have been working on their scratchboard artwork. Art students are also exploring special effects in the scratchboard medium.
Samples of student still-life drawings currently can be seen in the Lakeview showcase in the hall by the lockers and a variety of student color and black and white still-life drawings will soon be photographed and posted on the Lakeview web art gallery.