Trinity art students win awards!

Congratulations to the following 6th and 7th grade art students who have received art awards!

7th grade: Montgomery Humane Society Howliday Card Contest

3rd place Montgomery Schools: Sydney Bassett

Honorable Mention Montgomery Schools: Mary Carmen Haynes

6th grade: DAR Constitution Week Poster Contest

1st place Montgomery Private Schools: Mac Parsons

3rd place Montgomery Private Schools: Christopher Howard

Honorable Mentions Montgomery Private Schools: Thomas Helms,

Lauren Millo and Jessica Wilson

(*these students will receive their invitations to the Awards Ceremony this week)

Awards Ceremony will be held Sunday, October 23 2:00 pm at AUM Goodwyn Hall.

Coming up next!!

6th grade students continuing to work on their Lions Club Vision of Peace Poster Contest final design ideas. Their practice copy is due on Wednesday. We will begin the final poster on following Monday.

7th grade students are learning about painting in a looser style with a palette knife. We have looked at the work of Atlanta artist, Susie Pryor and will begin experimenting with this art style this week. Students will complete their assessments on edmodo at the end of week. We will begin studying about the Japanese Tea Ceremony and will glaze and fire a rice bowl in the upper school art room kiln the following week.

I want to say a big Thank You to all my students who are working so hard and staying on task! I appreciate you each and every day!

Congratulations to the following students who have been recognized for their recent work!

7th grade: Montgomery Humane Society "Howl-iday" Card Contest Finalists:

Mary Carmen Haynes and Sydney Bassett

6th grade: DAR Constitution Week Poster Contest, Trinity Top 10 Finalists:

Lauren Hemmings, Collier Wilson, Caroline Chapman, Sam Farris, Christopher Howard, Ensley Craven, Katie Scott, Echols Jones, Lauren Millo, and Luke Hufham.

Four additional finalists were also included: Mac Parsons, Ann Price Bishop, Jessica Wilson and Thomas Helms!

Here are Important dates to remember for awards ceremonies! (Both organizations also send invitations to students via their home addresses.)

Humane Society Walk 'N Wag event is Saturday, October 8th at Blount Cultural Park / Shakespeare Theater. Students who are finalists should be at stage no later than 9:30 am. Admission to event is free to these students and their families.

DAR Constitution Week Poster Contest Awards Ceremony and Reception will be held on Sunday, October 23 at Auburn University Montgomery Campus, Goodwyn Hall Lobby and Auditorium. Reception begins at 2:00 pm and Awards Ceremony begins at 2:30 pm.

I have uploaded PDF files with images of these student's work. Please see the 6th grade page link and 7th grade page link to view these files from our Middle School Art WIKI site.

Here is a link to the Art WIKI site. It can also be reached from the side bar of this blog site and also from the Middle School Art page on our Edline site.

http://jbrickenmsart.pbworks.com

What's up this week:

7th grade: We are rendering with colored pencils. Students have created a color wheel and rendered a tomato still life with step by step instruction. We spent Wednesday discussing what defines a still life and studying famous artwork from the early Middle Ages to Modern Art. Students spent Thursday and Friday creating their own still life with props. They were able to photograph their work and will use this design to render with colored pencils showing realism. We will then learn to paint with a palette knife (plastic) and paint the same still life in a more abstract style.

6th grade: The Vision of Peace Poster Contest is next! This event is sponsored by the Montgomery Lions Club. We have been discussing the theme in class, learning to draw a realistic hand and peace dove. On Tuesday, we will be in the Mac Lab researching images to use to collage our ideas. Students will then hand draw their poster ideas on 81/2" x 11" format and enlarge to the final poster format. We will be working on this project for the next 2 weeks minimum.

We are looking forward to a great week with lots of hard work!!