Welcome back to Shadow Ridge Middle School. This will be an exciting year for my students of 2 dimensional art. The joy of teaching is that each year my curriculum and projects can get changed for more exciting art projects. The 7th grade have a lot of new projects - Georgia O'Keefe watercolors, Aborigine Art designs, recycled junk mail collages. New projects for the 8th grade include playing card self portraits, abstract/ geometric paintings, still life drawings of hardware tools, and digital Picasso drawings. 6th grade will continue learning the basics of 2-d art throught their study of landscape drawings and paintings.
The newest thing for me and my classroom this year, though, is the sculpture class I will be teaching. Mr. Utesch's class is well known and respected for his sculptures and ceramic projects. My class will compliment what goes on next door by using new and different materials. For example, we will study the figure by building a likeness out of popsicle sticks; animals will be sculpted out of wire; yarn and rope will be used to create modern and conceptual reliefs; paper sculptures will be done out of foam core. I will also continue having my students create environmental sculptures out of natural materials.
You can find my curriculum and classroom policies at the link on the right side ( or just click here).
