Art 8 students started the semester with Draw Around the Room, Paint around the room and Collage Around the Room. That's a lot of moving around! So for our next unit, we decided to sit down for a while and look at the basics. The Elements of Art are the most basic building blocks of art. As young artists progress, we won't focus as much on the Elements, but it's a good place for beginning artists. Eighth graders started by "researching" one of the seven elements (line, value, color, texture, shape, form, space) with a partner and creating a poster that defined the element verbally and visually. Top posters will be selected to decorate the art room. Once students had a little more understanding, individuals created artworks based on a single element. Students understood that most artworks would use more than one element, but their focus was on that one. Here are some photos of their work on posters and art in progress.
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