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by grade 7 talented student! 2011
In grade 7 we focus on the art principles. First they design a folder where they store their future art principle compositions.
Other things we do in grade 7: two point perspective drawings. This year we started with creating the illusion of distance in a picture using one point perspective (SEE EXAMPLES BELOW).
Word Art: They can create a word and fill it with images or words related to that word, or create a scene and fill it with related words.
Oil pastels. First you choose your colors, keeping in mind the word you decide to write later. For example, below for "ocean" they used cool colors and for USA they used red, white and blue. After covering the page with oil pastels nice and dark, they then cut out letters, put them down and painted over them like a stencil. Then if they wanted, they could carve lines or words into the paint with a popsicle stick.
For each art principle, we look at examples in a power point show of both famous artists and student work and how they create the art principles in their work. I stress the importance of planning their compositions (using what they learned about in grade 6), sketching light first, and taking the time to blend and use good craftsmanship. In 2010, students had the choice of drawing, painting, mixed media, or creating a sculpture with cardboard, masking tape and newspaper, and covering it with plaster of paris. (go to MOVEMENT, VARIETY, EMPHASIS, BALANCE, UNITY, PATTERN, CONTRAST, PROPORTION)
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GO TO DIPTYCH/TRIPTYCHS BY GRADE 7, GO TO MOVEMENT BY GRADE 7, OR back to middle school,