Spirit Week: Fifties Day

Mrs. Millick and Mrs. Atkinson dressed in fifties day attire

Mobiles

First, the 7/8 Visual Art students studied each others' faces and did quick blind contour drawings like those of Alexander Calder. Next, they began wire face sculptures using wire and Twisteez.



After the wire faces, students began studying Calder's mobiles and studied color schemes and geometric and organic shapes. They cut shapes, painted them in chosen scheme, and built wire mobiles using fishing line.







Then the room started to fill with mobiles hanging from the ceiling everywhere, along with the dreamcatchers from a previous project.

Dream Catchers

Inspired by Native American Chippewa art, students found an animal with traits they identified with. They created a chalk wash on Chinet plates and learned how to weave and wrap yarn to create these hanging symmetrical dream catchers.

Hallway Display Case

Mechanical Animals

Students in 7/8 Visual Art studied fantasy art, specifically Brian Froud and Jim Henson. They were tasked to draw and shade a creature that had to be a combination of animal and machine.