Hello! I hope you all had a great week away from your studies, and are healthy and safe. I appreciate you doing the work remotely up to this point. We’ll continue forward the rest of the year this way, and we’ll be getting word shortly on grading policies moving forward. Currently everyone turning in work weekly has an A on these projects. I hope your efforts to be creative have taken your mind off being at home so much and have given you a way to express yourself and escape from this situation. This weeks projects will be more specific for each grade level and should be more finished projects this time, and reflect 3 hours of work for 6th grade and 5 hours or work for 7th and 8th. Paper is 8 x 11 minimum or larger if you have it. Projects are due on Friday April 17 at 4pm.

6th grade Intro to Art- Character Design Project This week, I’d like you to create an original character for a new video game or cartoon. The character should reflect certain details that tell people who your character is, or what their purpose in the game is (good guy/ bad guy, etc.). I’d like the drawing to be as large on the paper as possible, and be in full color, as color helps us understand what the character, show, or game could be. Outline the character in black pen or marker to finish the project. Examples are attached of finished student work from last year.

7th & 8th grade 3D Art- Still Life Project For this project, I’d like to focus on drawing some of your favorite things you have and drawing them. A still life is a classic art project going back thousands of years. It tells a lot about you and it’s good practice to draw things in front of you. Place 3 items on a table and spend 2 -3 hours over the course of a few days drawing them. Start by looking at each item and try to find basic shapes in them and draw them big to fit paper. Details are important to help with realism, so draw as many as you can on each items. Once complete shade in with pencil using at least 3 shades of gray. Lighten pressure to get lighter gray shades. If you’d rather color project in marker, paint, or colored pencils, feel free. Examples are attached so you can see finished results of other students last year.