This Year's Celebrating Art Contest

I am submitting artwork for the contest again this year. Last year over half the artwork I submitted was published. So it is worth your time if you want to submit your own artwork. If you'd prefer to just e-mail the artwork and I can do it for you. I wish I had time to submit a work of art for every student, but I just had to choose a few. Posted below are some of the artwork from this year that caught my eye:
Artwork by Deja
Artwork by Timaris (my Quick Draw expert!)
Artwork by Tysean
Artwork by Unique
Miro Artwork by Tjena
Artwork by Avionne (love her roofs!)
Miro Artwork by Crystal
Artwork by Chloe
Unfinished Elephant by Arronte (once he adds a Big Green Ear, this piece will be awesome)
One of Amillion many amazing creations that she whips together after school while I'm putzing around the art room. ;-)
Artwork by Lashamere

Tree Silhouettes

I was so proud of the 7th graders' trees. They went above and beyond what I could have expected with these stunning tree artwork.
Artwork by Crystal
Artwork by Marvelles (I wish he had finished cause he has great details in pencil that we can not see)
Artwork by Ellusion and Lorraine
Artwork by Kiara B and Tjena
Artwork by Lashamere and Cartez

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.