I invited my 8th graders to make up artwork that could be displayed for the Horry County school district's building. I was really pleased to see them utilize their creativity and eagerness to make something that would be admired by many people
Check out the slideshow below of Lynch's, Sarah's, Raquan's and Jessica's work:
My 8th graders were first quizzed on how well they could draw a self-portrait with a mirror
Afterwards, I we spent the remainder of class working with guided insturction and I showed them how to draw a portrait in correct proportion
About a week or so from that, the students spent everyday working on a dilation from a photograph
They drew a 1" grid on a 4x6" photo, and then enlarged it to a 2 x 2" grid on a 9 x 12" piece of a paper.
I was really amazed with the work they pulled off. Check out some of their progress from a pre-skills, to guided to final work in my photo montage video
