Thanksgiving Still Life

Cornucopia

The cornucopia, also called the horn of
plenty, was a symbol of abundance and nourishment,
commonly a large horn-shaped container
overflowing with produce, flowers or nuts.

A still life is a work of art depicting mostly
inanimate subject matter, typically
commonplace objects which are either natural
or man-made.

Objective: Students will learn about still life art,
while creating an oil pastel cornucopia on
black paper.

Materials: Black construction paper, pencil, oil pastels, photos

Step 1
Idea search cornucopias and decide
what fruit and vegetables you would like to draw.
Use a pencil and draw your own cornucopia
on black construction paper.
Use pictures from your Chromebook for
examples. Be creative!

Step 2
Discuss highlights and shadows. Discuss
how to create them and where they belong
in a composition.

Step 3
Add color with oil pastels. Layer and blend
the colors.

Teacher Examples…

Student Examples...

My Three Pumpkins...

One of my favorite summer projects is tending to my pumpkin patch.                                                 This year I decided not to grow pumpkins, but mother nature had a different plan. For not planting any seeds, this was one of my best seasons yet. I came home from vacation in June and was pleasantly surprised to find three volunteer vines. Obviously, I had to nurture them. 

Once picking time arrived, I had three beautiful pumpkins. As usual, I proudly picked them and decorated my porch for fall. Last year, I created a piece of pottery from a pumpkin leaf. This year, I created a watercolor painting of my three perfect pumpkins. I will hang this every fall and fondly remember my pumpkin patch that I didn't plant from 2018!

UNDERWATER LINEAR DESIGN

Objective: To create a linear design, while also learning about positive and negative space.

Elements of art: Line and Space

Materials: Pencil, 12 x 18 inch white drawing paper & black fine tipped pens

1.Draw an underwater scene on white drawing paper in pencil. All shapes should be
drawn with a basic hard edge outline, no details on the inside.
Leave space in between each shape. Keep the drawing balanced.

2.Outline the shapes with a black pen. Erase all left over pencil lines.

3.Fill the negative space with lines contouring the objects. The lines should be very close
together - creating the linear design. All positive space should remain white with no detail.
The linear design should be highly detailed with the lines very close together,
but not touching.
Clean crisp lines - not sketchy messy lines!

Evaluation:

Did the student create a well balanced underwater drawing with no details on the inside
of the shapes?

Is the linear design created with clean crisp lines very close together, but not touching?

Is all linear work in the negative space and was the positive space left white?

Did the student demonstrate good craftsmanship and neatness?

Rock Your School Week September 17 - 21!

We are each a single note, together we create a masterpiece!

                        Art Class Motivation!

Board Office Art Display

Celebrating Youth Art Month! 

Here's to another awesome year!

Doodle 4 Google

                   

Churchill Jr. High and Lombard Middle School art students 

have been creating a Google homepage design.

Google is highlighting amazing and unique budding artists

through doodles on their homepage. This years 10^th annual

Doodle 4 Google contest theme asks students to think about 

"What Inspires Me" and to express that inspiration through

a creative, uplifting doodle. Students explored ideas, made 

sketches and created doodles in middle school art class.
One talented student's winning artwork will appear on the

Google homepage for the world to see. The winner will also

receive a $30,000 college scholarship and a $50,000 

Google for Education technology grant for their school, 

among other prizes.
Art students designed and created a Google homepage design

that was personal to them. After they were finished with

their designs, they each wrote an artist statement 

explaining their unique qualities, highlighting what 

influences them and inspires them.