This is one of my, and my seventh and eighth graders, favorite projects of the year. For the project the kids get to pick their own artist to study. They find as much information as they can and then write a short paragraph about their artist. Once all of their research is done they then design their very own project inspired by that artist. They pick the supplies they want to use, what they want their picture to be of, how big they want it to be and so on.
We had a LARGE variety of artists/projects picked this year and they turned out even more impressive than the year before. We had students study Piet Mondrian, Georges Seurat, Louise Nevelson, George Rodrigue, Marc Johns, Street art, Alexander Calder, Samantha Hahn, Pete Fecteau, and so many more. They painted with watercolors and acrylic paints, they spray painted, they did paper mache, sculpted mobiles, drew with sharpies and pencils, knotted string around nails, they melted plastic cups and painted and cut water bottles.
Admittedly, this is one of the hardest projects of the year for me as a teacher. There are so many different preps for paper, so many questions to answer, and my room ends up in shambles due to the sheer variety of materials being used but it is so worth it! I am so proud of their hard work both on this project and this semester. My kids are amazing.
We had a LARGE variety of artists/projects picked this year and they turned out even more impressive than the year before. We had students study Piet Mondrian, Georges Seurat, Louise Nevelson, George Rodrigue, Marc Johns, Street art, Alexander Calder, Samantha Hahn, Pete Fecteau, and so many more. They painted with watercolors and acrylic paints, they spray painted, they did paper mache, sculpted mobiles, drew with sharpies and pencils, knotted string around nails, they melted plastic cups and painted and cut water bottles.
Admittedly, this is one of the hardest projects of the year for me as a teacher. There are so many different preps for paper, so many questions to answer, and my room ends up in shambles due to the sheer variety of materials being used but it is so worth it! I am so proud of their hard work both on this project and this semester. My kids are amazing.