6th Grade Personality Portraits

For their final project, 6th grade students learned about silhouettes and portraiture. We discussed different personality traits and interests that we all have. We talked about how although we may like different things or look different ways, we are all unique and special. 

Portraits were created in a silhouette form. Students filled in their silhouettes with different interests or words describing their personalities. Using a watercolor crayon resist, these portraits came out colorful and bold!

 

Art Club Happenings: Ugly Dolls

The 6th, 7th, and 8th grade Art Club practiced their sewing skills when they created Ugly Doll inspired felt animal creatures. These creatures were made with felt, fabric markers, a needle, and thread. Students enjoyed the process as much as they liked the funny creations by their peers!

Check out the fun and silly creations:

 

Fun job!

6th Grade Artist Research Projects

6th Grade students just completed a fun Artist Research project! This project was split into two separate projects: research done in class and a supplementary assignment done at home inspired by their artist!

A variety of artists were available for students to randomly draw out of a hat. Each student had to read about their artist and record facts about his or her life, art, and legacy. From the information, students created a Facebook-styled "ArtBook" page for their artist.

For their supplementary assignment students were able to choose from a variety of different projects that were inspired by their artist. From role playing or creating an artist puppet and acting like their artist to creating a reproduction of a painting, students had a variety options to choose from. Students had a great time sharing their projects and teaching each other what they learned.

Students enjoyed reproducing art in different ways.
Wearable Art:
-A splatter painted sweatshirt inspired by Jackson Pollock.
-A recreated Picasso painting on a t-shirt.

Edible Art:
-A Warhol printed Mickey Mouse on a cake.
-Monet inspired water lily cupcakes.

Recreated Art:
-Starry Night done in Microsoft Word.
-The Mona Lisa created on a Pixie Program.
-An illustrated pencil drawing of a Michelangelo painting.
-A dot filled Seurat painting.

We also had one student present his project as Marc Chagall! What a treat!

Here are some pictures of our projects:

Fantastic job, 6th grade!!

6th Grade Eric Joyner Inspired Paintings

Robots and Doughnuts!

In a unit featuring Humor in Art, 6th grade students learned about  Contemporary artist, Eric Joyner. The humorous paintings of Joyner feature personified robots and doughnut imagery. 

6th graders loved the playful and Surreal paintings of Joyner. In this lesson, they had to create a painting of a robot, personified in an everyday human roll. They also had the task of including a doughnut into the scene!

Here are some of the 6th grade's humorous work:

Fantastic job, 6th grade!

6th Grade Wire & Pantyhose Sculptures

6th Graders recently learned about different types of sculptures and the creation process of creating a "Sculpture in the Round". Surrounded entirely by space, a viewer has the ability to see all sides of a sculpture in the round by walking around it. 

Students created their own sculptures using wire hangers, pantyhose, wood blocks, glue, and paint! Check out some of their amazing sculptures!

 

 

Nice job, 6th grade!

Art Happenings- AKAG Field Trip

There has been a lot of exciting things happening in the world of Art at SJV!

Two weeks ago students in grades K-8 enjoyed an exciting field trip to the Albright Knox Art Gallery in Buffalo! Students loved touring the gallery with trained and knowledgeable docents!

Students thought that the most popular art at the gallery was the work by contemporary German artist, Anselm Kiefer. This show, which is in the gallery until November, features different paintings and sculptures by the artist. Students loved the large scale of the paintings!

Check out this amazing photo snapped by one of our amazing teachers:

Every first Friday of the month at the Albright Knox Art Gallery is M&T Bank's First Friday. It is free all-day admission in the gallery! For more information check out: M&T First Friday Link

-Miss M!

6th Grade Chuck Close Inspired Self Portraits

6th graders learned about the incredible artist, Chuck Close, and found inspiration in his style of art for their self portrait project. This was a time consuming project, but the enthusiastic 6th graders did such a phenomenal job!

For our project, students created their self portraits using grid drawing. In each grid box, students added different shapes and symbols. Students used color pencils to color in their portraits.

Check out their work:

Awesome job, 6th grade!

6th Grade Wild Beast- Fauvism Paintings

Fauvism is a fun and exciting art movement. Fauve paintings are bright an bold. The word fauve means 'wild beast' in French. The term was given to this movement because the paintings look like they were created by wild beasts!

The 6th graders studied Fauvism for their most recent project. Inspired by the definition of the movement and the playful imagery, students created animal paintings using bright colors.

Check out the wonderful artwork:

Fantastic job, 6th grade!!

Recently Completed Projects

Be on the lookout for more fabulous student art!

Here is a sneak preview of art that will be hung in the hallways of SJV for the start of the 4th quarter!

Check back for formal posts on these projects and more!

6th Grade Fauvist "Wild Beast" Paintings:

Kindergarten's Primary Color- Keith Haring Dog Collage:

1st Grade: Groovy Painted Paper Guitars:

7th Grade Complementary Color- Contemporary Pop Art Paintings:

Pre-K Paper Puppets:

6th Grade Egyptian Sarcophagi!

In a lesson connecting to a Social Studies unit, 6th graders created sarcophagi! In Art, we studied the intricate designs, gold details, and use of hieroglyphics on the ancient sarcophagi of Egyptian royalty.

Students created their own unique symmetrical sarcophagus using various color pencil techniques, 'royal' paint (gold, silver, & bronze), and gem sticker details. Students also added their own hieroglyphics to their sarcophagus!

Students did such a fantastic job on this project! Great job 6th grade!