7th and 8th grade Portraits. AMAZING job students!

7th-Expressive Self Portraits: exploring how color and emotion are connected.
8th-Celebrity Portraits.

Self Portraits: (in progress)

Students learned about famous artists that create portraits; Chuck Close~ Photo-realist and Leonardo DaVinci~ one of the first artist to study facial proportions.

They also learned about correct facial proportions and measurements, integrating math skills. Other skills practiced and reinforced; symmetry, value, balance, highlights and shadows.

Expressive Vincent van Gogh inspired landscapes

Focusing on the life of Vincent van Gogh, Impressionism, visual texture, expressive lines and the 4 main ways to show depth.

The Grand Student Art Show

Twenty outstanding artworks from various 5th-8th grade EEMS students will be on display at The Grand in downtown Ellsworth for the month of December. 
Please stop down and enjoy the beautiful art display!
Happy Holidays,
~Mrs. Weise

The Mural is now on display!

Congratulations to all 320 middle school students who helped create the four panel canvas mural, the results are stunning and I am so very proud of you all!
The mural is now hanging in the front entry way of EEMS, please come in and check it out!
Theme: The Four Seasons of Maine

 

Creative Halloween Costumes

Here are some of the creative handmade Halloween costumes that I saw Thursday!

SCHOOL MURAL! (In progress)

This past week the 5th-8th grade students started a mural project, that will hang in the front entry way of EEMS.  All 320 students are contributing to the mural and we all are very excited to add some color and creativity to our beautiful school!!
The theme is the four seasons in Maine.
The mural is still in progress... I will post photos of the final product soon.