We used our printing press for the first time to create these layered monoprints. We are still making adjustments to get the prints right - pressure and paper. Both of these just have to be right. It was a great launch into a long term technique.
Sixth graders were busy creating these personal shields from slabs. They learned how to score and slip and attached very personal and meaningful details to their clay reliefs.
Seventh graders were busy creating these abstract, textured face tiles. I can't wait to see them glazed! Such fabulous work. All of our students have been busy with clay, and the eighth graders were busy creating clay critters. First we played with ways to create texture and then got busy creating some fun creatures.
The seventh graders were busy printing fall leaves and then adding a wash of watercolor over them to create these beautiful fall paintings. Our youngest artists, the sixth graders, recently completed these One Point Perspective drawings. The vanishing point seems to disappear amongst a bouquet t of colorful buildings.
Lucky for EMS, we were gifted a class set of Etch A Sketch. The wonderful thing about a community that appreciates the arts is that we often get very lucky here in the art studio due to the generosity of others. Here are some very focused art students making their marks on an old fashioned, tried and true Etch A Sketch. "I sometimes think there is nothing so delightful as drawing." Vincent van Gogh We started off the year with some great discussions about what art is. Students provided lots of ideas as to how to define and describe art. This was followed up by some round Word Art, using the word, ART. Check these out!
Celebrating 157 years since the end of slavery, EMS students created these Juneteenth posters, with traditional African cloth for inspiration; Kente cloth and Adinkra symbols are particularly gorgeous cloth made in Ghana. Art students learned about these particular textiles before designing their own Juneteenth Art. These were exhibited at our local library downtown in honor of this national holiday.
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AuthorJudy Klima, Archives
September 2020
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