Soft Pastel Subs

Junior high students have finished their subway sandwiches!  The process was pretty simple and students got to try out a new medium--soft pastels.

After introducing the project we talked about thumbnail sketches and began there.  Students completed 10 thumbnail sketches of "foods" NOT usually found on a sandwich.

Next, students decided how to arrange their items and "built" a sloppy copy of their sandwich.

Creativity at it's finest!  I think next year this is what I will have the kids do!  Amazing what students can teach the teacher!

Using white colored pencils, students made an enlarged contour drawing of their sketches onto large black construction paper.  

Once the contour drawings were complete, students began coloring in using soft pastels.  They applied the pastels directly, used brushes, q-tips and even experimented with water, making a paste. 

Here are some close-ups!

All of the sandwiches are posted outside of the art room.  Come take a look if you have an opportunity!

Houston Rodeo Art District Show

Last week, Ganado secondary art students participated in the HLSR District Art Show.  Here are their entries.

 Here are the finalists . . .

All of this artwork is on display in the Ganado I.S.D. Media Center.

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The winners of the district show are . . . 

Best of Show high school, Sky

Gold Medal winner high school, Sonia

Best of Show junior high, Frida

These three pieces will be judged in Houston and be on display in the Hayloft Gallery, located in NRG Center.

Good job to all my students and good luck Sky, Sonia, and Frida!!

Mrs. J

Paper Bowls

Happy New Year!  

At the end of the fall semester, junior high kids completed their Houston Rodeo Art and had time to spare.  So . . . they worked on a couple of different projects; one of which was making a paper bowl.  

Step one involved cutting magazine pages in half and then folding them into strips.  It takes approximately 200 strips to get a 6" diameter bowl (2 magazines). That's A LOT of paper!!

In step two, the students tightly coiled the first strip.  Subsequent strips were then taped on and wrapped around the previous strip one at a time until they had a large puck (they look like a hockey puck to me!)

Once the puck was large enough, the student pushed it up in the middle to form a bowl shape.  Mod Podge was applied to the outside and inside of the bowl and it was left to dry.  

After 24-48 hours, the bowls were ready for the kids to take home.

Some pucks didn't quite make it to the bowl stage, so we turned them into Christmas trees!

Have a great week!

Mrs. J

P.S.  One more thing--the HLSR District Art show is Thursday, January 13th and is held this year in the Jackson County Services Building auditorium.  The public viewing time is 9:30-10:30 am.