Live Art, Breathe Art

Monday, May 23, 2016

Create-A-Plant

For this assignment, I asked my 6th grade students to pretend they were botanists who had recently discovered a new, never before been seen plant.

The students had to document their findings and include the following key pieces of information:

plant's name

plant's basic needs

how the plant's needs are met

where the plant lives

a colored illustration of the plant in it's natural habitat

an illustration showing the principal parts of the plant's anatomy (text features like labels, captions, maps, bold words, subheading, and more)

Then the student's had to create a paper mache' model of the plant using a plastic bottle, cardboard, and masking tape. Below are the student's examples:

Wednesday, April 20, 2016

Night Gallery 2016

We are cordially inviting you, your family and friends to attend the

NEISD SECONDARY STUDENT

ART EXHIBIT

Night Gallery 2016

Wednesday, April 27, 2016
Thursday, April 28, 2016

6:00 - 8:00 pm

Littleton Gym

Blossom Athletic Center
Free Admission !

This year we are inviting the visitors to this popular show to become actively engaged by indicating their personal art preferences. To show your appreciation, red dots my be purchased and placed on student artworks.

Come and enjoy the outstanding artwork created by our students, and express "The People's Choice" by becoming actively involved in the exhibit. All of the North East ISD middle schools and high schools will be represented.

This is no charge for this event. We hope to see you there!

Thursday, April 14, 2016

PInch Pot Animals

6th grade Art I students were asked to model clay with control to create pinch pot animals. They built upon previous knowledge of working with clay in order to craft an original three-dimensional artwork.

The students chose whether they wanted to use glaze for their pinch pot or acrylic paint.

Materials:
sketchbook
pencil
clay
tools for working with clay
glaze

Examples of student work:

Tuesday, March 29, 2016

Making Abstract Ceramic Masks

For this project I challenged my grade 6 Art I students to design an abstract mask based on the Kimmy Cantrell's artwork. The student's faced the challenge head on and did an amazing job!

Objective:

To explore the amazing creations of sculptor, Kimmy Cantrell
To look and brainstorm at what features make Cantrell's artwork unique.
To create a colorful mask using clay based on a sketch that the students designed.
Use acrylic paint to finish the mask

Examples of students artwork:

Wednesday, March 2, 2016

Annual Region 20 West Jr. VASE Art Competition is fast approaching!

I hope everyone is ready for Junior VASE!

The visual art students in NEISD are invited to participate in the annual Region 20 W Junior Visual Art Scholastic Event, (Jr. VASE) the UIL equivalent for visual art in Texas, sponsored by the Texas Art Education Association (TAEA), which will be held on May 7, 2016.

I will be sending a letter out with more detailed information for those students who are interested in participating later this month.

We here at Jackson M.S. are looking forward to a successful event with our very talented visual art students.

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