6th graders making Animal Texture Drawings...

This year's 6th graders in Ms. Scrivanich, Ms. Young and Mr. Emery's classes spent the beginning of the semester drawing with texture & pattern.  For the first project, students were also asked to incorporate the relationship of people and animals in their drawing.  We studied different artists who rely heavily on those elements of art and also looked for inspiration from a variety of sources...from the music of Meredith Monk and Neon Trees...

 and a stop motion animation from our very own Colin Alexander 10'.  You can see Colin's animation on Ms. Diaz' blog...Just click on the link below...

http://amarettogirl.squarespace.com/blog/2010/11/25/a-special-stop-motion.html?lastPage=true&postSubmitted=true

We also discussed the relationship people have with animals and looked at that relationship featured in the film about Christian the lion...

Below you can see some of the inspirations as well as our students in process and a select few of the finished works.  All of the texture drawings will be on view at our Winter Arts Festival coming up next month...

Busily working on the 6th grade animal drawings...

So much texture for the pigeons to enjoy!

Majestic use of the whole page...

What great sense of rhythm.

This shark has a reason for his anger...




Great sense of depth, beatiful details...

 



A panda among the bamboo...

Hope you enjoyed a look at some of our work in the 6th grade this fall, keep watching for more updates from the Swartley studios and the up and coming Middle School Arts page!!!  Also, be sure to click below if you thought these works and project were cool or interesting and if you are able, consider becoming a follower of DEVA, bye for now...