Mixed Media Still Lifes

The 7th graders chose from many glass bottles to draw. Then they divided their paper and used different media (Ebony pencil, colored pencil, collage, chalk pastels, oil pastels, watercolor paint and sharpie) to fill four sections.

Colorful Succulent Drawings

As part of their Still Life Drawing Unit, the 7th graders sketched and drew succulent plants. First they drew timed blind contour pencil drawings and then detailed pencil sketches. Finally they drew the plants and colored them with sharpies adding patterns to the pots and table.

Kindergarten Sunflower Studies

In Art Class, we looked at real Sunflowers and read Camille and the Sunflowers, a story about Vincent Van Gogh in Arles. The students quickly drew in craypas and then painted their own big, bold and beautiful versions of a Sunflower. These always make viewers smile.

 

7th graders Yummy Acrylic Painting

This year the Seventh graders worked on acrylic paintings of desserts inspired by the luscious artwork of Wayne Theibaud. They started the lesson drawing in oil pastels on paper while looking at a real donuts or cupcakes (which can last a long time in the fridge for these purposes.) Next they completed the paintings on canvas board with acrylic paint, closely observing the object and the shadows it created.

Fall Still Lifes, many styles, different grades

In the Fall I set up a still life in the middle of the art room with apples, gourds and pumpkins which I use for Second through Sixth graders to create a still life in an age appropriate style or technique. The Sixth graders were inspired by cubist artists like Picasso and Braque. They drew a simple line drawing from life, fragmented it with black marker and then filled each section with one color "family" of colored pencil. The Fourth graders were limited to a colored paper and black, white and the complementary color craypas for their still lifes while the Fifth graders could only tear construction paper. The Second graders looked at Cezanne's fruit paintings and created mixed media still lifes practicing drawing fruit, decoupage, wallpaper patterns and more.