7th Grade Cultural Arts
Seventh grade Cultural Arts class meets everyday for 12 weeks and presents a variety of approaches to drawing and media which will give the student many paths to success in art. All projects are intended to help the student become more self-responsible with time and materials, to cooperate with others, to problem solve, as well as to provide opportunity for developing lifelong interests.
Value – shading techniques, basic shapes and grids
Ink abstraction - Pop Art with Warhol and Leichtenstein
Composition with pointillism in marker after Seurat
Lettering and drawing the figure with Jewish culture
Varied drawing exercises
Using pastels and layering color with Mary Cassatt
Color theory
Abstraction – Van Gogh and painting
Roman, Gothic and Chancery Italic calligraphy