In the classroom: 6th Grade Open Project and 6th Grade Digital Manipulations!
Each year, I ask my sixth graders to come up with their own project ideas. The only requirement is that their projects take four class periods and they experiment with producing a project using an art material that they interests them. The only limitations are the materials that I have at my disposal. In addition students have to complete a journal writing at the conclusion of the project so I could read about their challenges through the process of creating their art.
I'm always impressed with how sixth graders take the task of creating whatever they wish and run with it. I love seeing them experiment with new materials, and watching them work out certain problems and challenges that they come across. It's always four of my favorite weeks of the year, and this year the projects again turned out fantastic! We just completed the open projects last week, and I just managed to get some on my Creekview Art Web for you to enjoy!
In addition...this week the sixth graders are finishing up their digital art projects titled, "Digital Manipulations". Using some basic tools in Photoshop, we spend two days in the computer lab manipulating the background and pictures of themselves to create some pretty interesting digital artworks. We are finishing up the digital projects this week (I'll get some of the finished artwork on the website soon!) and will then turn our attentions to painting our ceramic Claes Oldenburg projects.
That's it for this week! See you next time here on the 'ol Art Blog!!!
Absolutely Wonderful and Creative "Open Projects" this year from 6th grade students.
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