Ndebele in "Da" Building

The Ndebele (pronounced "in-da-belly) African Tribe is famous for their colorful geometric house paintings.  7th graders designed their own Ndebele house design. 

Unfortunately, a couple months have passed and I forget which students did many of these.  If it is yours, leave a comment and I will include your name.  Thanks

Artwork by Johntaye

Artwork by Kiara B

Artwork by Yahzyah

Artwork by Crystal?

Artwork by Mikayla?

Artwork by Lashamere

Miro's Motifs

7th graders studied the Spanish Surrealist Artist Joan Miro. Miro's "Chicago" is a large sculpture found downtown across from the Daley Center.

They looked at Miro's Constellation Series and found some of his motifs (a distinctive feature that is repeated in an artist's work).


We discussed surreal and abstract art (abstract art=from your imagination; surreal art= using your subconscious). They began their piece by closing their eyes and making three "squiggles". Next they added some of his motifs. They used pastels, crayons, and markers for the color.

Artwork by Johntaye and Shakeyah
Artwork by Mikayla and Kiara B
Artwork by Deja
Artwork by Tjena
Artwork by Ellusion
Artwork by Crystal and Lashamere
Artwork by Jamerah and Cartez
Students were encouraged to use their imagination and find things amongst their squiggles. Cartez was very good at this and found a dragon/monster type creature. He went around the room helping other students find things.

Tessellation Fascination (6th Grade)

Artwork by Shilah

Artwork by Lashamere

Artwork by Kiara W

Artwork by Johntaye

Artwork by Princess

Artwork by ZyshonArtwork by Ellusion
Artwork by Michael

Artwork by Maya

Artwork by Shakeyah

Line Mania!!

Bulletin Board Artwork from Top Left Corner (remember click on it for CLOSE-UP):

Emonie, Shakeyah, Keshawn, Alexzandria, Princess, and Johntaye.

Lines are the most basic element of art, but our lines are not very basic! We combined over 6 types of lines and made them colorful and labeled.

Artwork by Brianna T.
Artwork by Montala
Artwork by Catariana
Artwork by Michiaya

2nd Quarter Art Stars, Better late than never

First of all, Triniti is first student to comment on her classmates artwork! I am so Happy :-) I have stickers for anyone who comments on our art room blog, so start commenting. I forgot to post my 2nd Quarter Stars online, so here they are:

406-Asjah

408-Catarjari

202- Andre

207-Savannah

201-Willie

206-Tyeyana

208-Brianna

106-Triniti

108-Johntaye

301-Daniqua

302-Calvin R.

307-Lydell

308-Channa

306-Khayla

We Heart Art

Happy Valentine's Day! The 4th and 5th graders made Heart Designs in celebration. We looked at the artwork of Jim Dine, who hearts heart art. They were also introduced to Picasso's cubism because they will be doing Picasso Portraits next, stay tuned! They used rulers to break up their hearts and added patterns.

Artwork by Jim Dine

Artwork by Crystal

Artwork by Damien
Artwork by Johntaye

Artwork by Markeith, Gabriaela, Ashton, Tyree

Radical Radial Designs

The Middle grades did radial designs with their name in the center.
2013Lesean, 2013Markel, 2013Marvelles, 2013Merelyn, 2013Tatianna, 2013Tatyanna, 2014Ashley, 2014Ashton, 2014Brianna, 2014Damien, 2014KiaraL, 2014Triniti