Please check your art assignments in TEAMS each week!
8th Grade
Sketchbook Assignments
Sketchbook Rules:
- Please DO NOT tear out pages.
- All ideas are good, no crossing them out.
- Must keep the sketchbook in the classroom unless you get permission to take it home. If you lose or forget it, you are responsible for buying a new one.
Sketchbook Assignment Pages:
- Always date and write the title at the top of the page.
- Fill in the WHOLE page.
- Only work on sketchbook assignments during allotted time or after classwork/projects are finished.
You will have 4 sketchbook assignments due each quarter. You may choose any 4 sketchbook assignments from the attached document. You may only use a sketchbook assignment once, no repeats! They do NOT have to be in order as they are listed.
8th Grade Sketchbook Assignments
Sculpture Project
Students will learn:
- about contemporary Pop Artist Romero Britto
- how to use elements and principles of art to create a sculpture
- how to engage and persist in craftsmanship in structure design and painting
FOOD Acrylic Painting Project – Yummy!
Students will learn:
- how to work with acrylic paints
- about contemporary artists who use food as their subject matter
- how artwork of food can connect people by sharing interests, cultures and backgrounds
- how to use scaling, emphasis, balance, texture and contrast in a painting
- how to use tints, shades and tones to create depth
- how to engage and persist in craftsmanship in drawing and painting
Rubric – Food Acrylic Painting