Directions for 8th Grade Projects

 

 

Student Choice Clay Project

You will need clay, clay tools, and clay rubric.  Project will be graded on rubric criteria.  PROJECT MUST BE SCHOOL APPROPRIATE.

 

Exploding an Object

You will need pencil, 9x12 paper, 18x24 paper, carbon paper, colored pencils, 2 sheets of 12x18 colored construction paper for framing. 

 

  1. Draw a simple object on 9x12 paper and all lines must have width.  Example letters must be bubble letters.
  2. Divide 9x12 picture into 15-20 pieces with straight lines no curvy lines.
  3. Number pieces in order then cut apart.
  4. Arrange piece back into picture in the middle of 18x24 piece of paper.
  5. Spread pieces apart covering entire paper.
  6. Trace outside of pieces.
  7. Use carbon paper and trace inside of pieces.
  8. Choose a vanishing point located in one of your pieces.
  9. Vanish all corners and lines touching edges of pieces to the VP using a ruler.  When you run into a drawn line stop vanishing.
  10. Apply color to faces of pieces with colored pencils in a dark value.
  11. Apply color to vanishing lines using the concept that objects become darker the farther away they are.  The VP is the greatest distance away.
  12. Cut out in one large piece and glue to 2 12x18 colored sheets of paper.

 

I recommend that you ask questions if you are not sure about the step.  After beginning step 9 check with me and make sure you are completing correctly.

 

Pop Art Unit

 You will need pencil, eraser, 18x24 piece of paper, scratch paper, comics from newspaper, ruler, acrylic paint, paintbrushes, reading packet and worksheet.

  1. Complete reading and worksheet in complete sentences.
  2. Choose a frame from the comics.  The frame may not be from the worm cartoon or BC.  I recommend Nancy, Peanuts, Garfield, and Blondie etc.  The frame needs to be either a square or rectangle. 
  3. Cut frame out exactly on the black line.
  4. Tape frame on the very edges in the middle of a scrap paper.
  5. Use a ruler and divide the frame into ¼” squares.
  6. Count squares across and down.
  7. Calculate the ratio to 18x24 paper.  Example 7x8 would equal 2” squares on 18x24; 6x4 would equal 4” squares on 18x24 paper.
  8. Graph 18x24 lightly (you will erase).
  9. Cut off extra boxes.
  10. Draw cartoon box by box.
  11. Erase graph.
  12. Apply acrylic paint.  Remember to use shock value.  You may use a black marker to outline and write words after you are done painting.
  13. Grade Unit using Rubric.

BE NEAT!!!

 

4 Medium Project

You will need 4 different mediums, 16x16 piece of paper, ruler and pencil.

  1. Cut a piece of paper into a 16x16 square.
  2. Divide paper into 4 equal parts without folding.
  3. Draw a large object or several small objects in a theme.
  4. Apply color to each corner using a different medium.
  5. You must show value when applying mediums.

 

Medium Choices: paint, lead pencil, colored pencil, crayons, charcoal, chalk, oil pastels, solid marker, pointillism (markers), torn paper and yarn.  If you choose chalk or charcoal I recommend that you use them last.  Don’t forget to spray mediums that smear.

 

This project is an 8th grade outcome and is worth 100 points.  You need to spend adequate time on it and complete it at the best of your potential.

  

O’Keeffe Project

You will need Scholastic Art, worksheet, grading scale, flower photos, pencil, 18x24 paper, and oil pastels.

 

  1. Read the packet and complete the worksheet in complete sentences.
  2. Find a photo of a flower that you can enlarge and crop in on.
  3. Draw enlargement of flower, use entire page.
  4. Apply oil pastels.  Make sure you use a color scheme that looks appealing.
  5. When using oil pastels make sure you apply them using the different techniques.
  6. Spray oil pastels so they do not smear.
  7. Grade unit using rubric.