7th Grade Art This class incorporates 7th and 8th grade art. First lesson deals with 1 point perspective (2 drawings). Next students learn how to draw and paint landscapes and their components. Thirdly, art covers portrait drawing with the opportunity to draw a partner of their choosing. Finally 7th grade designs their own cartoon to create a ceramic mask. Next the students begin 8th grade art lessons starting with 2 point perspective. The students draw a simple house then a building of their choice. Next, the students create an animal drawing in turn to create a animal sculpture. Lastly they design a logo for a fictitious company and then make a silkscreen print from their design.
6th Grade Art This class begins with color mixing with the color wheel. Next the classes created tessellations based on M. C. Escher’s work. Then the students create a design to make a printing block to print and compile a collage of relief prints. The last main lesson deals with designing a candleholder and ceramic house out of clay and glaze. The rest of the lessons focuses on spatter/marble painting, Amish quilt design, flag story quilt and radial name design.