Kluender, Art 8

More examples of these lovely pieces!

Kluender/ Art 8

I wanted to share some of our FANTASTIC Art 8 portrait busts! The kids did such a great job on constructing their "beings" out of clay! 

Some depict people (real or made up), some are of animals, we even have a few zombies, aliens, and other horned creatures!

After building the ceramic pieces, we painted them with a watered down black acrylic wash. Then, we added color using acrylic paint and a dry-brush technique to pick up all of the texture of the pieces.

Some added fabric, beads, wire and other accessories to the finished pieces.

Students were then asked to write a narrative to accompany the portrait bust. This could be written in the 1st or 3rd person perspective, but had to be at least 10 sentences. 

These wonderful pieces will be on display in the SJMS library at our Art 8 "Senior" Show along with the narratives. The reception for this show will be held Thursday, June 9 from 5-7pm and the work will remain on display through 8th Grade Day Friday June 10.

Kluender/ Art 8

Art 8 spent the day in the computer lab creating narratives for their ceramic portrait busts. I cant wait to read them!

KLuender, ARt 8

Finally! I've been wanting to post a picture from my 8th graders working on their ceramics project for a while now, but clay time in the studio is always so busy! Thanks to my students for helping me remember to snap a few pics in class today :)

My Art 8 students began with two pinch pots and my how their projects have grown from that! They are creating a portrait bust. We have been discussing narrative in artwork and they will create a narrative to go with their final product once painted.