6th, 7th & 8th Grade: Realistic Portraits

All of Carmel's Visual Arts students created Realistic portraits, either of themselves, or of close friends or family. This unit included the study of Realism as an art movement, as well as the nuances of portraiture and the proportions of the face. Students also reviewed the Elements of Art value and form in this project, using value to create the illusion of realistic form in their subjects' faces.

6th Grade

7th Grade

8th Grade

Collaborative Grid Drawing

Many of Carmel's 7th and 8th graders worked to create this collaborative work of art, each working on a different section, unable to put the image together until each individual piece was complete.

6th Grade: Identity Through Art

In this unit, Carmel's 6th graders first wrote poems communicating a significant experience or aspect of their identity. Then, they explored the connection between art and writing by creating visual, symbolic representations of their poems. Throughout the unit, they considered and discussed what sorts of things influence them as artists, and how those influences manifest themselves in their artwork.

7th Grade: Surrealist Artwork

Carmel's 7th Graders studied the art movement known as Surrealism and created Surrealist works of their own. With the artwork of Salvador Dali and other, more contemporary Surrealist artists to inspire them, students created works bizarre and fantastical, some terrifying and some lovely. Students also studied the Principle of Design Rhythm during this unit, and included this Principle in their artwork by using repeated elements of art such as lines, shapes, or forms.