Below is a fun video clip and gallery from seventh hour. Earlier this week we talked about portraits. Sometimes students cringe when they hear the word because they are not confident in their drawing ability. We did a fun warm up exercise with some blind contour partner drawing. A contour drawing is a continuous line drawing of an outline. For example, a contour drawing of a face would mean that the artist followed the outline of the face and features and drew the face without lifting their pencil from the paper. This is fun way to introduce the concept of drawing what you see versus what you think you see. We took it one step further and practiced some blind contour drawings, meaning the artist could not look at their paper while they drew. As you can see from the laughter in the video below, it was a really fun way to introduce the concept.
6th Grade: typography, focal points, Jake Weidmann, Keith Haring
7th Grade: perspective, folk art, Julian Beever, Grandma Moses
8th Grade: Op Art, pointillism, Bridget Riley, Georges Seurat
Fundamentals: seven deadly sins, portraits, blind contour, selfies
Exploring Art: reflections, notans, symbolism, Edvard Munch
Below are some highlights from student work: