Observing Hands in 2 and 3 Dimensions

 After 8th graders observed their hands through drawing, we practiced observing hands in three dimensions. The students followed along with a video where an artist made a 1:1 sculpture of her hand starting with a slab, adding, subtracting, and shaping. The sculptures were glazed in many colors and turned out pretty cool!

Art Club Christmas Ornament Fundraiser

We spent a chunk of the afternoon starting to glaze ornaments for the Art Club fundraiser. *The ornaments in the picture are not finished. :)

We will be selling remade ornaments Tuesday, December 1st at the Cobra Backers dinner before the Winter Pep Rally and at the basketball game Friday, December 11th- $5 a piece. We will also be taking orders for personalized ornaments ($7 a piece) which will be due Friday, December 4th. We are making ornaments for activities at JHHS and some more traditional Christmas ornament shapes. The ornaments could be personalized with an athlete's name and/or number, apple ornaments could have a teacher's name or a message added to it for a fun gift, or just about anything else. Please email Katie Morris if you have any questions.

Turn in order forms to a school office or to Mrs.Morris along with your payment. Checks can be made out to JHHS Art Club. Thank you!

8th Grade Color Scheme Paintings

After the observational drawing unit, 8th graders learned about color schemes. Color schemes are basically a way to organize colors and their relationships. We covered...

Monochromatic- tints and shades of one color

Primary- red, yellow, and blue

Secondary- orange, green, and purple

Warm- colors from the warm side of the color wheel like red, orange, and yellow (purple can also be warm)

Cool- colors from the cool side of the color wheel like green, blue, and purple (yellow can also be cool)

Complementary- colors that are opposite on the color wheel like red and green, yellow and purple, orange and blue

Analogous- colors that are side by side on the color wheel like orange, yellow, and green

Neutral- "value" colors that are not on the color wheel like black, white, and gray

Tint- a color with white added to make it lighter

Shade- a color with black added to make it darker

After learning about the colors, each student chose one color scheme they wanted to use in a painting, chose either tempera paint or watercolors, and chose their subject matter. Here are some of the results. Can you identify the color schemes used? 

*Black and white do not count against the color scheme. So, a painting that uses purple, yellow, black, and white would still be complementary.

**Brown is a shade of orange

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