The Dusty Art Room

Art class is a big change at the middle school level here at Hester Junior High.  Class studio time is monitored primarily by the students.  There are several classroom resources students use to make sure that they always know what to do.  Many of these resources are available on the district art room page that students can access using our classroom ipads.  The 6th grade has done a phenomenal job figuring out how to self-monitor their learning.  Yes, there are sometimes bumps along the way, but we practice having flexibility and forgiveness!  Here's a short video clip from class last week showing how students work at their own pace each day in art class: A Day in 6th Grade Art Students use their unit overview sheets, steps posted on the agenda (that we read aloud each day), demo videos posted on the class website, as well as help each other to ensure that students always know the next step of the project.

Here's a short video clip from class last week showing how students work at their own pace each day in art class. Students use their unit overview sheets, steps posted on the agenda (that we read aloud each day), demo videos posted on the class website, as well as help each other to ensure that students always know the next step of the project. A Day in 7th Grade Art

In order to exercise our  "art brains" we have started taking time on Fridays to work on different art skills.  This week we worked on using our observational skills and created these animals by erasing.  First, students laid down a ground of pencil in the shape of the animal they were drawing and then used their erasers to bring out the highlights.   Here's a sampling of the drawings: 

Exciting news! One of my students, Mark, was selected as an artist of the week finalist in the 7th - 9th grade category on Artsonia!  If Mark's artwork receives enough votes, then he will win a plaque and a $50 gift card for Blick Art Materials.  The art room would receive a $100 gift card for Blick Art Materials too! Vote for Mark's artwork on Artsonia!  You can vote once a day per computer, so share the news with family and friends.  Voting is open until Saturday and results are announced on Sunday. Click Here to Vote While you are there, stop on by and check out all the AMAZING artwork from Hester students - we have already added 760 artworks in the last trimester! Whoa! Hester Artsonia Gallery I am one super proud art teacher!