Showing posts with label 2013Shakeyah. Show all posts
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Sep 17, 2011

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.

Mar 12, 2011

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

Sep 11, 2010

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