Many 8th graders have recently finished the Stations of the Cross project in Mr. Bell’s Art Tech class. Students used the Renaissance-based grid method to create free-hand pencil and ink drawings which they colored electronically on iPads. Illustrations by contemporary artist Shari Van Vranken served as model images for this student art.
Kindergarteners are currently making paper maracas, which they will soon embellish with paper mache, faces, and cotton hair. After rolling paper cylinders, and sealing corn kernels inside with paper end caps, students test their seals by doing the shake test. If corn flies out, a hole needs to be patched with paper and tape. During this project, students learn about cylinders by constructing them with paper and tape. Kindergarteners engage in challenging spatial/structural problem solving as they draw, cut, trim, patch, and secure the lids of their maracas. Click the video below to see the KB art class test their maracas. Will the corn stay inside?
