Tube Sculptures - Second Semester, 2007

Terms 3 and 4 meant a new group of 6th and 7th graders. I think the tube sculpture project was even more successful the second time around.






I allowed the students to be more representational with their sculptures. I learned that the abstract aspect of this project is better suited to older students. For these middle school kids, it's enough that they experiment with materials and discover which building methods are most successful.




Translating a 2-D drawing into a 3-D reality is quite enough of a challenge for a 6th and 7th grade student.

Who Do you Most Admire? Painting Assignment

The Assignment:
Students were asked to bring in a photo or have me photograph someone from our school community. I took these images, copied them onto transparencies, and projected them onto large sheets of paper (roughly 24 x 36 in.). The students were then asked to trace the projected image and then select a color scheme with which to complete the painting. The main objectives were to accurately trace a projected image, to learn about color relationships, and to experiment with the many ways of applying paint to paper.

Some students chose to paint a classmate.








But more often, students chose an adult as the person they most admired.






Perihan, a 7th grade student, made a portrait of our counselor, Ms. Zager







Maged selected the 6th grade Math teacher, Mr. Huss, as the person he most admired.











Many students, like 6th grader Mohamed, 7th grader Omar, 7th grader Nourhan, and 7th grader Salma chose their mother as the person they most admire.





























Nourhan, a 6th grade student, completed a very successful painting of her cousin.