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 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!
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!! đź‘€
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:
7th Graders had the task of designing a creative shoe! I wouldn't be surprised if Nike gives these students a call!
For this sketchbook assignment, the 7th and 8th grade worked with created art using words.
7th grade focused on typography (the style and appearance of printed words). These students created a contour drawing of an object, then filled the object with a word or words related to that object.
8th grade focused on creating a calligram (a poem, phrase, or word in which the typeface, calligraphy or handwriting is arranged in a way that creates an image. The image created by the words expresses visually what the word says.) These students draw a simple contour drawing of an object, then students filled the object with song lyrics or words from a poem.
Nice work, artists!
For this sketchbook assignment, the 7th grade students had the option of either designing a car or creating emphasis using a zentangle. No surprise that these sketches rocked because my artists are amazing!!
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For this sketchbook assignment, the 6th grade students practiced drawing architecture by following along with a tutorial demonstrating how to draw the St. Louis Arch.
These artists used great attention to detail right down to creating reflected light on the arch. Would you look at the brilliant colors and gradual gradients of the sky?!! Wow! Congratulations, artists!!!
For this sketchbook assignment, the 5th, 6th, 7th & 8th grade students were asked to create a religious sketch for possible acceptance in the bulletin for the Easter church service. 7th & 8th grade students had a little harder task of incorporating at least 5 of the 7 elements of art in their drawing.
Note: Sketches for the church bulletin will be selected by the priest. The drawings below may or may not be featured in the bulletin, but awesome work must be shown off!
This sketchbook assignment is influenced by Pop art. The theme for this sketchbook assignment was Pop Art. Pop Art is a movement that started in the 1950s that focused on the transition of simple, everyday objects as the subject fine art. Pop Art was celebrated as “art for everyone.” Andy Warhol is credited for starting the Pop Art Movement. His artwork is one that uses food/candy wrappers as its subject.
7th Grade students designed and drew their own unique soup can inspired by the Pop Artist, Andy Warhol.
Fantastic work, artists!
For this sketchbook assignment, the 7th grade students where to follow along with a tutorial to teach them how to draw a human eye. Then, students were asked to draw a scene from their favorite book, movie or tv show inside the eye. Least to say, my artists delivered!
For this sketchbook assignment, the 7th grade students learn how to use value to create form out of a basic shape. Students learned form/shading vocabulary such as light source, highlight, light, shadow, reflected light and cast shadow. Congratulations, artists!
For this sketchbook assignment, the 5th, 6th, 7th & 8th grade students were asked to create a religious sketch for possible acceptance in the Christmas bulletin for the church bulletin. 7th & 8th grade students had a little harder task of incorporating at least 5 of the 7 elements of art in their drawing.
Note: Sketches for the church bulletin will be selected by the priest. The drawings below may or may not be featured in the bulletin, but awesome work must be shown off!
