The Art Club and high school art classes were asked to paint the community little free pantry boxes created by West Greene's agricultural mechanics program. The boxes will be placed at various locations inside the West Greene School District. The students designed the seven different boxes and spent all day Tuesday, May 21 painting the boxes. Here are the final products.
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The 7th Grade is working on a recycle art project where they turn plastic shopping bags into usable products. Here are some work -in-progress shots. If anyone would like to donate clean, dry, and used shopping bags, please feel free to drop them off in the high school office. We had two students place in the 2019 Greene County Law Day Art Competition. Madison Gray took 1st place in the 6th -8th Grade Division and Ella Scott took 2nd Place in the same division. Students from West Greene, Carmichaels, and Central Greene participated in the competition. Students were judged on their artwork, how well their artwork fit the theme of "Free Speech, Free Press, Free Society", and a submitted essay describing how their piece represented the theme. 1st Place - Madison Gray 2nd Place - Ella Scott Other Student Entries
Middle school students are creating a community nature space for the Scholastic Really Great Outdoor Contest. Students brainstormed ideas of what should be in a nature space and then completed research to determine which plants, trees, and flowers they want to have in their natures space and why. Students then design their natures space and draw it from an aerial view before completing their contest entry essay about what they are putting in their nature space, how it helps their community and environment, and how the community can enjoy it. Learn more about the contest here: http://www.scholastic.com/turfmutt/ Here's our brainstorm map:
Eighth grade students worked together in groups of 3-4 students in order to complete a research and painting project on a native Pennsylvania flowering plant. They chose a flowering plant from a list of native Pennsylvania plants. Then they completed a short research project about the characteristics of their plant and crafted an essay about it based on their research findings. Following this they selected an image of the plant's flowers. They created a two-step enlargement grid to be able to draw their flowers on larger paper. They divided their image into sections for each person that fit the size ratio of their final project paper. Next they investigated the artistic style of Chuck Close using informational websites, videos, images, and an interview with him. They then painted their flowers in a similar manner. The final pieces were then assembled to make a formal collaborative piece. Check out the Student Art Gallery for pictures!
The middle school students are working on Christmas projects! 7th Grade is doing a stained glass feel Christmas tree and the 8th Grade is doing value practice Candy Canes with oil crayons! Look for pictures soon!
This week the 7th graders started created paper mosaics. They are using 1/2" construction paper squares to make mosaics of living objects. Check out the Mosaics page under our Types of Art tab to see the reference images and artists we learned about before starting our projects!
Art 1 students have started to focus on learning about color. Students completed a web quest focused on the Color information page under our Elements of Art tab. Students will be creating an color pencil image that includes a color wheel then moving on to a watercolor painting focused around one of our four main color schemes: warm, cool, complementary, or triadic. Look for pictures in our Student Art Gallery soon!
The 8th graders are learning about using grids to help draw. We did several practice activities and they are currently working on drawings of their own! Below are examples of our practice work. I'll be posting project images to the Student Art Gallery when they are completed.
The 7th grade started shading practice today! We will be working on shading scales, shading shapes, and finally starting on a small shading project by the end of the week! Look for pictures soon!
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