At this stage in their art-making, I find that middle schoolers are often challenging themselves a bit more, while exploring their identities, and further developing their motor and cognitive skills. I provide a nurturing, confidence-building environment that encourages experimentation, embraces mistakes as part of the process, and values individuality.
The following are examples of Middle School art lessons from Woodside Montessori Academy.
Charcoal Self-Portraits
Symmetry Name Designs
Students created egg tempera landscapes, while they were studying the Renaissance and anticipating a school trip to Italy. Later, they learned that egg tempera was the main painting technique in Europe during the middle ages, before oil painting was developed.
Frank Stella inspired Abstract Wall Sculptures
(Frank Stella- Mosport, 1981)
Acrylic Duck Paintings for a Massachusetts Wildlife Duck Stamp competition.
The following are examples of Middle School level art lessons at Danforth Art School.
