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Welcome to 7th grade art online!

Please feel free to browse what our class has done and look through our online art gallery!

Moving Line Design

Students learned about how different types of lines are used in art. Students were also introduced to Op art, which is often known for optical illusion images. Using only lines, students created their own op art using a mathematical strategy. Then, students chose their own color schemas to incorporate into their one-of-a-kind designs.

Community Graffiti

We had a class discussion about what students thought graffiti was. We talked about whether graffiti can be seen as a domestic means of expression (free speech) or if it is vandalism. We also talked about how graffiti can be a positive thing with someone's permission (not vandalism). Students were asked what positive words they would want a visitor to see on our town or state's walls if they were to come for a visit. The project consisted of those words written in a graffiti style on paper. Students then painted and added detail to their "positive graffiti."

 

Pinch Pot Creatures

Students learned some basic ceramics techniques. For their project students created a pinch pot from a ball of clay. Using their fine motor skills and creative minds students transformed their small pot into a creature. Students added various things such as eyes, noses, teeth, hair, ears, tails, ears, etc.

Autumn Birch Trees

Students looked at a painting by Gustav Klimt featuring a birch tree forest with fallen autumn leaves. As a class we talked about colors and textures in the painting. Students learned about horizon lines, and how to create shadows and highlights. In addition, students got a chance to explore color mixing/blending and making apparent textures with water color paint on thicker watercolor paper.  Look for these in these displayed in the middle school hallway!

Faith Ringgold Story Quilts

Students learned Faith Ringgold,  a female African-American artist.  After studying her work, students learned she was most famous for her painted quilts, which told stories about her life. Students had a chance to illustrate a positive memory or story from their childhood. Students then made a border of 26 images found in magazines. These images were things that reminded students of their memory. They kept their 5 senses in mind when looking for images in the magazines. To complete their story quilts, students wrote a few sentences around the border to describe their image to the viewers.

Candy Bar Design

Animals In The Wild

Students learned about the art of graphic design and how it is used everyday in our society. Graphic design is how we recognize many brands or everyday objects. Students were able to be graphic designers for a week and think of a type of candy they would like to eat. Using their imaginations, students came up with their candy bar ingredients, a slogan, and also a brand name. Then, they were able to design a wrapper for the candy to get people's attention in hope that they might want to actually buy it.

Students chose one animal and researched various information about it in the library. Then, students drew and painted a scene of the animal in their natural habitat using a mixture of watercolors and oil pastels. Students also had to include something the animal eats into their work. When finished, students wrote a paragraph with the library research to inform others about their chosen animal.

Synonym Art

Students chose one common adjective and researched its various synonyms in the library. Students chose one for their project (it had to be a word you don't hear everyday). Students chose a font and a color scheme to closely match the meaning of the word. Students discovered how graphic designers use font and color to create specific feelings or moods. 

Students learned a brief history of Indonesian batik, which is a cloth traditionally made using a manual wax-resist dyeing technique. Indonesia has their own unique patterns that normally take themes from everyday lives, incorporating patterns such as flowers, nature, animals, folklore or people. The colours of pesisir batik is especially vibrant, and it absorbs influence from the Javanese, Arab, Chinese and Dutch cultures. Students learned how people in Indonesia use batik cloth as clothing for various occasions. Students were able to design and make their own batik "cloth" using crayon, black paint, and paper. Students were able to choose something from our culture for their designs. 

Indonesian Batik Design

Students designed their own permanent ceramic houses. Students first made house blueprints. After, students learned how to roll clay slabs and cut out walls and roof pieces. Students then learned how to slip and score their slab pieces together to make a sturdy house. Any extra decorations and windows were aded last. After the clay houses were fired in the kiln, students painted their houses and added glitter to look like glistening snow. Sone students made theirs with detachable roofs to make their house a candle holder. One student even design their house to be a cookie jar!

Ceramic Gingerbread Houses

Students learned the history of the real and famous pirate, Blackbeard. He sailed the Atlantic in the 1800s. In addition, students learned about the parts of a schooner ship and their purposes. For their project, students painted a wooden texture onto paper for their boat. The paper was then folded into a boat form using an oragami style. Extra details such as masts, sails, ropes, and a  jolly roger flag were added by each student to make their ship unique.  Poster board and painted paper towel were used to create a base for the ships. All the boats actually float in water too!

Paper Pirate Ship

Ms. Sontag's Art Room

Munising Public Schools k-12

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