In 7th and 8th grade art, we started off the year also learning about the Elements of Art, especially the element of Line. For our first project, students created a perspective drawing of their room. Before embarking on the room drawings, students spent a week learning about one point perspective in which they completed a packet where they had to use one point perspective to draw their names in 3-D. For their final room drawings they had to draw a creative, accurate interior space including at least two wall/ceiling decorations and at least four pieces of furniture. They then completed the drawing in colored pencils. Although the one point perspective was challenging, students really pulled through and came up with nice finished drawings.
After 6-weeks of line, we moved into a unit on value where students created their own value scale drawings similar to 9th and 10th graders. They also completed three value scales in colored pencil-an exercise to help with shading for other projects. This brings us to our current project- our Where's Waldo inspired drawings! I began this project by teaching the students about narrative art-explaining our art can tell a story. Student began by listing 17-20 memories or things/people/places that are significant to who they are as a person. Once this is done, they have to create a drawing out of each item listed and combine them on one large piece of paper to create a narrative work of art. During this process, students learned about repetition and focal points, and were shown how these elements can enhance their artwork. Below are examples of the finished wor
Value Scale Drawings
Below are a few superb examples from our class of our vale scale drawings:
