Annual Elementary PDC Art Show

Even though our campus is 6th - 8th grade, technically, 6th graders are considered "elementary school" here in Mesquite. Because of this, our 6th grade art students are exhibited with the elementary schools for their PDC show. Our school had some great artwork that really shined at this year's exhibit... check it out

Aluminum Masks: 6th Grade

As a means of focusing on Texture, 6th graders created embossed aluminum masks. We started our unit by learning that Texture is: the way something feels or looks like it would feel. Textures can be both real and implied. Next classes looked at various examples of masks from around the world. Each student then created a unique design that demonstrated their understanding of texture and embossing techniques. Check out some of our awesome examples...

Non-Objective/Monochromatic Oil Pastels: 6th Grade

To begin our focus on the element of Color, 6th grade classes explored the use of a monochromatic color scheme. Ask any 6th grader and they can tell you that Mono = One, Chroma = Color, and Tic = exhibiting the characteristics of something. When you put that all together you get the definition of the word monochromatic - having the characteristics of only one color. 

Students created non-objective (not of anything other than lines and shapes) designs and used their chosen color of oil pastel plus black, white, gray, and/or small amounts of other colors to create a monochromatic color scheme.

Loteria Card Designs - 6th Grade

As part of our Hispanic Heritage observances, the 6th grade Art classes created original drawings based on the traditional Mexican card game, Loteria. After playing the game in class and looking at various artist interpretations, students chose one of the Loteria cards and created an original composition based on the traditional symbol. Students could chose either colored pencil or crayon resist as their media.

traditional Loteria card examples

6th Grade Art - Elements of Art Posters

The first year of middle school art is full of new things. For the first time, students get to come to ART everyday and therefore they can really spend some time learning about and building their art skills. As an overall introduction to the super-important Elements of Art, our 6th graders worked in groups to research one Art Element and then made a presentation to the class about their assigned element. Before the battery on my camera died, I was able to capture a few in photos.

The Elements of Art include:

• Color: produced when light rays reflect off an object
• Line: any mark, that has greater length than width, made by an art material
• Shape: objects having only height and width
• Form: objects showing 3-D
• Space: the distance between and around objects
• Texture: how something feels or looks like it would feel
• Value: the lightness or darkness of color