8th Grade Expressive Self Portraits

Tyler Wolfersberger - Expressive Self Portrait (2020)

For this project students created a self portrait with an expressive background. Students learned to measure and draw their head and shoulder outlines. Students added eyes, nose, mouth, and ears learned from previous sketchbook assignments. Students also learned to outline and draw hair and additional details to make it look like themselves. Finally, students created and colored a personalized / expressive background. 

2nd Hour
3rd Hour
5th Hour

7th Grade Landscape Paintings

Adrionna Hall - Road to the Summit 2019

For this project students created a landscape painting using Bob Ross as inspiration. An emphasis on the element of art called "Space" was studied to learn the basic fundamentals of layering with a foreground, middleground, and background. Students used tempera paint as the chosen medium for this painting.

1st Hour
4th Hour