Third grade art students recently created virtual models of dogs, as well as doghouses and pens, with Sketch Up for Schools computer-aided design (CAD) software on Chromebooks.  By using this geometry-based digital tool, students learned that lines can be used to form planes and that planes can become components of complex structures. A selection of works by students of the 3D class appears below. ​

Eighth graders in Mr. Bell's Art Tech classes used the Renaissance-based grid method to create free-hand pencil and ink drawings of the Stations of the Cross which they colored electronically on iPads. Illustrations by contemporary artist Shari Van Vranken served as models for this student art.

The 8th grade classes did such a good job on the Stations of the Cross project this year that Mr. Bell decided to show two artworks for each station, instead of just one, as we have done in the past. The artwork was posted on the playground for the school-wide Stations of the Cross during Holy Week.

Fourth grade art students have recently made virtual 3D models of sailboats in landscapes with Sketch Up for Schools computer-aided design (CAD) software on Chromebooks.  During work on this project, students learned tool usage and design techniques.  Students made their sailboats and landscapes primarily with the rectangle, arc, and line tools. They used other tools to extrude (push-pull), move, resize, color, and rotate forms.  ​

Fourth grade art students have been making virtual 3D models of sailboats in landscapes with Sketch Up for Schools computer-aided design (CAD) software on Chromebooks.

The Tinkercad church models shown below were designed by eighth graders Cooper Worthington and Aaron Lin.  The resulting 3D prints also appear here.  Cooper and Aaron are members of our middle school robotics and CAD group.

Watercolor paintings centered around paper bird constructions were recently created by 2nd grade art students. Sections of the paper birds were drawn, cut, and assembled with glue.  Watercolored areas and linear crayon patterns in the sky echo the shapes of the birds and help unify the compositions.

The 3D prints and computer-aided designs of churches shown below are by 6th grader Christopher Tulis and 8th grader Lucas Mora. They are members of our middle school robotics and CAD group, which meets on Thursdays and Fridays.

Seventh grade Art Tech students have recently been designing cross pendants with the Tinkercad computer-aided design app on their iPads. They have developed their own unique designs after learning techniques for working with this engineering software.  Shown below are a selection of 3D prints of designs by seventh graders.  These 3D printed crosses can be worn on a string or thin chain.

Students of our middle school robotics and computer-aided design group, which meets on Thursdays and Fridays, are currently designing cruciform ground plan churches for 3D printing with Tinkercad on their iPads.  A Tinkercad model by 6th grader Hank Getz and the resulting 3D print appear below.   

Kindergarten art students combined the tracings of cardboard rectangles to draw the bodies of their giraffes.  Students learned that simple shapes can be used to make more complex forms.  Tempera paint was applied with cotton swabs and fingers.