Happy Holidays!

Fingerprint design gift tags and snowman ornaments :)

5th Grade: Object Color Wheels

Color has been the word of the quarter in our 5th and 6th grade classes. We have been studying the color wheel, color relationships, and other color studies.
For this project, the 5th grade classes were allowed to draw any object they wanted. We then divided our paper into six sections and painted those sections to create unique color wheels.

Students also learned about complementary color relationships when painting the backgrounds of their pieces.

6th Grade: 3D Color Wheels (Art and Science Lesson)

Our 6th grade classes recently finished up a color study subject: 3D Color Wheels.
This project was inspired by a light box project from the Amazeum here in town.
The object of this lesson was to learn about the color wheel system and light, color, art interactions.
But the fun part? They look amazing when placed in front of different light sources!
Take a look at the finished products as well as our process:

5th Grade "Fall Leaves" Collaboration Project

Our 5th grade class recently finished up an oil pastel project where they each designed three leaves inspired by the season. The students cut their leaves out and all the classes attached them to a tree made from paper created by the students for an awesome, seasonal installation project. Enjoy!

6th Grade "Fall Tree" Oil Pastel Drawings

Here are some images from our latest 6th grade project inspired by a combination of Roxy Paine's "Yield" and the fall season:

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5th Grade "Mondrian Nature" Drawings

Check out our newly completed drawings inspired by Piet Mondrian. The students continued to gain confidence with their drawing abilities and learned about color and pattern.
Here's our awesome work!

6th Grade "Morandi Still Life" Drawings

Our 6th graders have been working hard this week on their drawings inspired by still paintings by Giorgio Morandi. We learned about adding value in our drawing with shading and stippling techniques.
Great examples pictured below:

What are we working on this week?

This week, 5th grade will be working on a Mondrian inspired project called, "Mondrian Nature."
6th grade will be learning about still life drawing and value on a Morandi inspired project simply titled the "Morandi Still Life Drawing." :)
Student work pics to come!

Intro to Drawing Week

Our introduction to drawing week went extremely well!
5th and 6th grade students worked on a step-by-step cartoon, comic-style comic drawing of a knight. An army of knights were created as hundreds were drawn!

The students will be taking theirs home this week so you can see their amazing skills in person. Our classes showed 100% success and I am pleased with the results.
Our goal from this activity was to show the students how they can make interesting, easy, and fun drawing by simply working with shapes and lines.

My goal was for every student to discover their own individual talents. I am looking forward to future projects with all of my class.

-Mr. D

Drawing Games

5th Grade examples of our "Exquisite Corpse" drawing game:

First week off to a great start in art class as we started our introduction to drawing unit. Here are some examples of some of the hand drawings we did along with some design practice:

Meet the Teacher Night

A BIG thank you to all the enthusiastic parents and students who came out to Old High for Meet the Teacher Night! Looking forward to a great year.
P.S.-New art tables have been ordered and should be in our room in a couple of weeks. Ill share more classroom pics once they arrive.

***NEEDED*** old light-up and sound greeting cards for next years class projects. I can use the light and sound components from those old Mothers day cards, Fathers day cards, birthday cards, 4th of July cards, you get the idea.
I am willing to pick up from you anytime this summer!
If you would also like to donate a card or two towards student projects for next year, I would welcome those as well!
Email me if you'd like to donate and we'll meet up:
seventhgen317@gmail.com
thanks!!!