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Stations of the Cross

9/26/2024

Some of our 8th graders have recently finished the Stations of the Cross project in Mr. Bell's Art Tech class. Students used the Renaissance-based grid method to create free-hand pencil and ink drawings which they colored electronically on iPads. Illustrations by contemporary artist Shari Van Vranken served as model images for this student art.

Leyton Weaver

William Oswald

Gabriel Cadierno

Cooper Worthington

Madilyn Dunn

Ivan Waters

Aaron Lin

Bill Powell

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Works in Progress: Paper Mouse Head Sculptures

9/19/2024

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The first graders of the 1B and 1S art classes proudly display the base structures of their Mr. and Ms. Mousey Head paper sculptures. In this geometry-based art project, students internalize the concept of the cone by making one from a paper plate. The cone serves as the base form upon which each student will work creatively to give his or her mouse head a unique personality. During the next few weekly classes, students will use colored tissue paper, a glue/water mixture, yarn, corn, pom poms, and cotton to finish their sculptures.

Mrs. Baro's First Grade Class

Mrs. Singleton's First Grade Class

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Stations of the Cross: Work in Progress

9/11/2024

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Eighth graders continue to work on their Stations of the Cross drawings in Mr. Bell's Art Tech class. Students drew grids with 1/2-inch squares on small prints of illustrations by contemporary artist Shari Van Vranken. Proportionate grids with 1-inch squares were drawn on larger sheets of card stock in order to scale up the small images. Students must remain focused on corresponding positions on 2 graphs as they draw the contents of each grid block. When finished with their pencil drawings, students go over their lines with permanent marking pens. Students take photos of their drawings after erasing the grid lines and stray pencil marks. Then, the images are developed further and colored electronically with the Sketchbook graphic design app on students' iPads.

The photos below show drawings in progress.

Lucas Mora

Madilyn Dunn

Vivian McKee

Abigail Harris

Sailor Godwin

Gabriel Cadierno

Cooper Worthington

Bill Powell

Lucas Fawcett

Carson Williford

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Works in Progress: 2nd Grade Cross Sculptures

9/5/2024

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Second grade art students are shown below near the end of a class during which they were finishing the construction and assembly of the basic cross shape of their paper, cardboard, and paper mache sculptures. Students will soon build support bases and create colorful tassels for the upper ends of the crosses. Second graders will carry these works into the church during the 8th grade All Saints Program later this year.

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Stations of the Cross

Works in Progress: Paper Mouse Head Sculptures

Stations of the Cross: Work in Progress

Works in Progress: 2nd Grade Cross Sculptures

Mr. John Bell, Art Teacher

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