Op Art

2D students are in the process of creating their first masterpiece. We studied the Op Art movement and then embarked on creating our own mind-bending pieces. Here are a few nearing completion:

2D Art: Fundamentals of Drawing

The first week of 2D Art, middle schoolers learned the basics of drawing. We focused our early lessons on learning to draw by observation...there will be plenty of time for abstract art later in the semester! The students began by drawing still lifes of simple shapes (cones, spheres, cubes, etc...) with value and contour lines. We also took a day to do a quick refresher on the color wheel. Students did a great job creating gradients with warm and cool colors. They worked hard to get the mechanics of creating a smooth transition between the colors. No Neopolitan ice cream allowed here! The week concluded with a rather tasty exercise. We drew donuts! They were, of course, allowed to eat them at the end of class.