Gettin’ Sketchy with Miss Alyssa is your destination to check out all the sketches going on at the St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic School. Bookmark this page and check back throughout the school year to keep up with all of your sketch assignments.
For this sketchbook assignment, the 8th grade students were given the option follow along with a tutorial or choose an image of their choice to give emphasis.
EMPHASIS is used to attract a viewer's attention to the focal point, or main subject, of an artwork.
I about choked on my pumpkin seeds upon seeing the work by a couple of my 8th graders. Bravo, Rowan and Francie!!
CUE THE SPOTLIGHT!
For this sketchbook assignment, the 7th graders were introduced the art principle: Emphasis. EMPHASIS is used to attract a viewer's attention to the focal point, or main subject, of an artwork. Students were expected to fill the background with simple black and white patterns (or zentangles) to make the colored object of their choice stand out. In addition to emphasis, this sketch assignment had students practicing contrast, pattern and line! Nice job, artists!
This sketchbook assignment is influenced by Pop art. Pop Art is a style of art based on simple, bold images of everyday items, such as soup cans, painted in bright colors. Pop artists created pictures of consumer product labels and packaging, photos of celebrities, comic strips and animals.
6th graders were to draw an animal using the style of Brazilin Pop Artist, Romero Britto. All of the sketches were full of bright colors, crazy patterns and the most adorable animals!
Give it up for my 6th grade artists! 👏
This sketchbook assignment is influenced by Pop art. Pop Art is a style of art based on simple, bold images of everyday items, such as soup cans, painted in bright colors. Pop artists created pictures of consumer product labels and packaging, photos of celebrities, comic strips and animals.
5th graders were to divide their sketchbook paper into 4 sections. In each section they drew a donut. Students drew a total of 4 donuts using the style of Pop Artist, Andy Warhol - full of bright, bold colors and fun patterns. Mix them together and we got sketches of the most delicious looking donuts!
Congratulations, Artists!
For this sketchbook assignment, the 8th graders were introduced the surrealism. Surrealism is a style in art and literature in which ideas, images, and objects are combined in a strange way, like in a dream. Students created a key hole and drew a scene from their favorite book, movie, tv show within the keyhole. Check these out!
For this sketchbook assignment, the 7th graders were introduced the surrealism. Surrealism is a style in art and literature in which ideas, images, and objects are combined in a strange way, like in a dream. Students created an eye and within that eye, they drew a scene of something that interests them such as a hobby or sport. Look at these eyes!! 👀
For this sketchbook assignment, 6th graders were "Falling into Foreshortening". Foreshortening refers to the illusion that an object or distance is shorter than it actually is because it is angled toward the viewer. Students drew themselves using the visual effect of foreshortening. Check these out!
The 5th grade group practiced drawing from an alien's point of view from space! This sketch also had students practicing drawing using one-point perspective to create the illusion of space. The results were "out of this world!" Check out these works!
Any object that is seen or used on a regular basis begins to go unnoticed. What we stop seeing is the form, color, or the object's visual properties. For years students have been using No. 2 pencils in school on a daily basis. They are indeed an ordinary, everyday object.
8th graders were challenged develop a 2-D image using a pencil shapes and colors. These students took time to study a pencil and to transform it and learn to see it in a new way. Check out these results!
For this sketch assignment, 7th grade had the goal of creating textures as well as transformation. Students drew hands and gave them realistic looking textures. Here are a couple of some awesome examples:
The 6th graders were challenged to draw an image using a range of values and shading. Some students got creative using a sectioned value scale to create their images while others achieved value using a smooth gradient scale and shading.
The 5th grade group, practiced drawing fruits with textures! Texture is the visual 'feeling' the piece gives off. The textures could be unnatural (such as a hairy orange) which made for the coolest results! Here's a couple really neat texture fruit drawings!
