Eighth Grade
Paper Mache Cultural Masks
Grotesques
Gothic Architecture: Rose Windows
Rose Windows with Diffusion Paper
Dia de Los Muertos
Eighth Grade is taking a break from Value and Texture to Study the Mexican Holiday, Dia de Los Muertos. A holiday celebrated on November 1st and 2nd predominatly by Mexico but also in many Latin and South American countries.
Dia de los Muertos honors the dead with festivals and lively celebrations, a typically Latin American custom that combines Aztec Rituals with Catholcism, brought to the region by Spanish conquistadores(Dia de los Muertos is celebrated on All Saints Day and All Souls Day)
Value Scales
Micrography Thumbprints
Students have started an identity project where they will combine an enlarged copy of their own thumbprint and a writing prompt into a piece of original artwork. Students trace their own thumbprints on watercolor paper and write personal micrography(small-writing) on the lines. Then they highlight the area by applying watercolor.