8th grade project 2: "Space and/or sea" theme using color drawing center

 This week, our Eighth Grade Art Class has been challenged with creating two-dimensional art based on the theme "Space or Sea" using color drawing materials. They chose either oil pastel, chalk pastel, colored pencil, marker, or any combination of mixed media.

Cadet Zhou creates a colored pencil study based on an artist from the powerpoint

Cadet Graham creates a scratch art that will eventually become a galaxy

Cadets Racine and Graham decide to work together

Cadets Racine and Graham collaborate on a large oil pastel scratch art piece

Cadet Racine and Cadet Graham completed this collaborative scratch art drawing of a tsunami

Work on display to inspire our artists

Cadets Graham, Racine, and Maier work on different choices for their Space or Sea theme

Cadet Maier's finished oil pastel drawing

Cadet Lorenzo begins scratching black oil pastel to reveal bright colors below the surface

Cadet Zhou works with chalk pastels to create a landscape

Cadet Zhou explores chalk pastel to create multiple works

Cadet Zhou begins studying Vincent Van Gogh's Starry Night

Cadet Zhou's final chalk pastel drawing

Cadet Ye researches various art techniques

Cadet Ye creates a study based on the work of Henri Matisse.