Day of the Dead with grade 8

We had a guest come in to talk about the Mexican holiday, Day of the Dead (Dia de Muertos), and share her family tradition of creating sugar skulls and celebrating loved ones. Ms. McGuinness brought in traditional bread, pan de muerto, and Mexican spiced hot chocolate. The cadets enjoyed decorating their own sugar skull cookie with icing.

Updated 11/7 Studio Art Project 2: "Fire and Water" theme using color drawing center

Our Studio Class was challenged to create Two-Dimensional Work using color drawing materials such as chalk pastel, oil pastel, colored pencil, and marker. Our class generated the theme "Fire and Water" and chose to select the concept of Unity, one of the Principles of Design. They researched, planned, and created different works that represent Fire and/or Water with Unity.

Cadet Lukose uses a compass to create the Deathstar on his practice paper

Cadet Lukose's sketches

Cadet Lukas's final chalk pastel on paper

Cadet Green creates his final piece using oil pastel on canvas

Cadet Green's oil pastel on canvas

Cadet Lukose traces a pan to create curved lines

Cadet ford works on a scratch-art technique using oil pastel

Cadet Ford's final piece

updated 1/4 7th Grade paper shoe design

Our 7th Graders are working on designing a paper shoe!

Cadet Thermidor describes his plan for creating the Nike shoe out of blue paper

Cadet Thermidor's final paper shoe design

Cadet Pena begins cutting his final shoe out of white paper

He adds tabs to fold under the sole of the shoe

Cadet Pena's final paper shoe design

Cadet Sun begins assembling his final paper shoe

Cadet Sun studies his own shoe for the laces

Cadet Sun's final paper shoe

Cadet Thermidor's finished shoe

Cadet Zelenger's final shoe

Cadet Geng's final shoe

Cadet Pena's completed shoe and display

8th Grade Project 3: "Adventure" theme using painting center

Our Eighth Graders explored the theme "Adventure" through various types of painting. They were given the option to explore water color pencils, acrylic, oil, watercolor, and spray paint. As with every project, students are required to use their sketchbook for planning, researching artists online and in print, and practicing to develop their craft.

Cadets Maier and Graham practice spray paint

Cadet Maier's finished spray painting

Cadet Graham uses an old painting palette as a stencil

Cadet Lorenzo carves a city out of cardboard to spray paint

Cadet Lorenzo's, Maier's, and Graham's artworks drying outside

Cadet Ye begins a practice oil painting on a used canvas

Cadet Ye's final oil painting on canvas

Cadet Zhou prepares for oil painting practice

Cadets Racine and Lorenzo discuss spray paint techniques

Cadet Racine creates cardboard letters to spell "Brooklyn"

Cadet Racine's final spray painting