8th Grade Book Paper Sculptures

Eighth graders looked at various paper artists like Brian Dettmer, Jacqueline Rush Lee, Guy Laramee, and Nicholas Jones, then planned their own sculptures using X-acto knives and glue.  Students were encouraged to make connections with the text, subject, and form of the books to enhance their compositions.

Kindergarten's Lascaux, TGS

Kindergarteners learned about the earliest known cave drawings in Lascaux, France (which, scientists believe, were made by female artists) and looked at the colors, symbols, and animals represented in these drawings.  Students created their own cave-like drawing surface by crumpling brown craft paper until it was soft and wrinkled, then drew some of the symbols and animals they observed on the walls of the cave in Lascaux using white, black, ochre, and brown pastels.   

7th Grade Colored Pencil Vegetables

Seventh-graders discussed the color wheel, focusing on analogous and complementary colors, and created complementary color scales.  We talked about color mixing, and the use of complementary colors to enrich a shadow or highlight.  After several sketches, they made colored pencil drawings of fruit and vegetable still-lives, focusing on details of light and form.  Students worked hard on their observation skills for this project, with beautiful results.  These are hanging inside the art room, come visit and check them out!

8th grade Charcoal Office Supplies

Eighth graders looked at the work of Pop artist Claes Oldenberg and his various sculptures of oversized mundane objects such as paperclips and safety pins.  Inspired by his work, students chose different office supplies to draw on a large scale using charcoal.  These drawings are the result of much hard work and careful looking.  Come see them in the Upper School hallway!