From paint to clay to plaster to wire, students pushed themselves and others around them through the inventive use of materials and experimentation with ideas. Here are just a few examples below. I am really proud of the effort of my students as we move into a divergent classroom model where thinking differently is celebrated.
8th grade students are finishing up their Indentity themed projects this week and posting them on Artsonia. It has been fun to see ideas emerge as students used The Design Thinking Process to investigate, plan, and execute their visions and interpretations of the theme of "Identity." I especially appreciate the artist statements included with the work to explain their ideas, choice of media, and inspiration from other Artists. From paint to clay to plaster to wire, students pushed themselves and others around them through the inventive use of materials and experimentation with ideas. Here are just a few examples below. I am really proud of the effort of my students as we move into a divergent classroom model where thinking differently is celebrated. We are moving on to the theme of "Environment: Space and Place" next. Today we watched this video from The Art Assignment to learn more about exploring and depicting landscapes.
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8th grade students are working through their ideas today as they started to begin their final projects. It was awesome to see how some students evolved their sketches over time and improved as a result of demos and practice. I am also excited to see the level of experimentation with media as we delve into portraying the concept of "Identity" in the works. Check out some of the progress below: This week has been a whirlwind! Students have been drawing, painting, sculpting, entering competitions, and working out their Photoshop skills! It has been amazing to see and be a part of and here a a few highlights from the week: 1. ArtPrize EntriesStudents worked on their ArtPrize ArtStart online Youth competition entries this week. It was really fun to see them come up with so many different ideas inspired by what they saw art ArtPrize this year. You can view more on our online gallery at www.artsonia.com/schools/byron1. We will find out the winners of this first ever youth competition this weekend - good luck to all who took the plunge and entered! 1. Photoshop PhridayPhotoshop is an amazing tool. I am very fortunate that my students all get the opportunity to use this tool on their computers whenever they want. As a 1:1 school, students have access to their MacBooks daily and students in Art have Photoshop installed on their machines. I decided to try something new this year to replace the common sketchbook assignment and that was Photoshop Phriday. The goal was that we would start a Photoshop work on the first Friday of the month and throughout the month use various tools and acquired skills to add elements of what we were making in class to it until we turned it in by the end of the last Friday of the month. You can see the full array of examples on our gallery. 3. Rocking Artsonia!Our classroom has been an active member of Artsonia since 2007. It has been through various updates and changes over the years, but the new use of Art Classroom mode has been revolutionary for both me and my students in our classroom! Instead of taking individual pictures myself and uploading their work to the site, students take the pictures and use a class code to upload their projects to the proper page. They edit their images and write corresponding learning statements to help the viewer understand what we were learning in class and how that shows through in their work. The response has been amazing - we are currently ranked #1 in Michigan and have close to 500 works posted in just the first 24 days of school! That is amazing! Please consider leaving a comment for one of our artists and checking out their learning journey as you read their statements that go along with their art. 4. Other amazing work that happened this week:When coming back from two weeks off, I am always a little nervous if we will be able to get right back at it in the classroom. Without fail, my student consistently come ready and wanting to do their work and anxious for finishing up various projects before our time runs out next week. This is the last full week I will see my first semester students and they are working like crazy to create the best final projects they can.
7th grade students are working on a variety of choices ranging from Video Game Design to producing Videos and using traditional art media to capture the essence of Space. 8th grade students are working on their final informational videos that they will use to help study for their final. I am really proud of this group of students and look forward to meeting my new batch in a couple of weeks. Students worked on finishing their drawings today. Although many are still in progress, we should be finished up by tomorrow.
Once they are done, students will take a picture of their work and upload it to Moodle. Students will also write an artist statement reflecting on their work and both the statement and art will be posted on Artsonia. Students are working on their images of endangered species today as they begin applying color and value using the material of their choice to their final projects. Students will continue working on these until Monday, when they will be due.
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