SOPHIA PROUSALIS
Artist & Art Educator
Project: Still-Life
Grade: 8
Medium: Graphite
Learning Goal: Practice observational skills by drawing a decoration (plastic pineapple skull) from life. Learn about gesture drawing, proportions, shading, and lighting.
Project: Optical Illusions
Grade: 7
Medium: Colored Pencil
Learning Goal: Use the Elements of Art to create an optical illusion drawing.
Project: Deconstructed Self-Portraits
Grade: 6
Medium: Collage, colored pencil
Learning Goal: Learn to write in cursive (later added into the collage), use a mirror to draw facial features, create monochromatic features with colored pencils and shading.
Project: The Worm Tunnel
Grade: 7
Medium: Colored pencil
Learning Goal: Review shape, form, value, and line. Learn how to use cross-contour line drawing and shading to transform a shape into a 3-dimensinal form.
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Project: Value Grids
Grade: 6
Medium: Colored pencil, ruler
Learning Goal: Learn how to create different values with a colored pencil. Create a "grid" using a ruler and shade in each shape.
Project: Value Grids
Grade: 6
Medium: Colored pencil, ruler
Learning Goal: Learn how to create different values with a colored pencil. Create a "grid" using a ruler and shade in each shape.
Project: Keith Haring & Space
Grade: 7
Medium: Black paper, white colored pencil
Learning Goal: Learn about Positive and Negative Space; use a foreground, middle-ground, and background to create a living "community" scene of Keith Haring figures. Learn about Haring's life, art, and influence.
Project: Basquiat Self-Portraits
Grade: 8
Medium: Collage, Acrylic, Colored Pencil, Linoleum Print
Learning Goal: Learn about Neo-Expressionism and historical artist Jean-Michel Basquiat. Create a self-portrait in this style with collage materials and incorporation of text. Create a linoleum print of a crown through carving.
Project: Basquiat Self-Portraits
Grade: 8
Medium: Collage, Acrylic, Colored Pencil, Linoleum Print
Learning Goal: Learn about Neo-Expressionism and historical artist Jean-Michel Basquiat. Create a self-portrait in this style with collage materials and incorporation of text. Create a linoleum print of a crown through carving.
Project: Figure Drawing
Grade: 8
Medium: Graphite, colored pencil
Learning Goal: Practice drawing human poses from life using a wooden doll. Create a contour-line drawing and then a full observational study that includes shading and visual texture.
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Project: Deconstructed Self-Portraits
Grade: 6
Medium: Collage, colored pencil
Learning Goal: Learn to write in cursive (later added into the collage), use a mirror to draw facial features, create monochromatic features with colored pencils and shading.
Project: Outer Space & Mixed Media
Grade: 6
Medium: Oil pastel, Acrylic Paint
Learning Goal: Use painting techniques
"stippling" and "underpainting" to create an outer space background with acrylic paint. Shade a circle into a 3-dimensional planet (form) and place onto the composition according to a single light source.
Project: Inked Sea Life
Grade: 8
Medium: Ink, Watercolor
Learning Goal: Use observational skills, composition, and ink-drawing techniques to communicate the visual texture of a sea creature.
Project: Inked Sea Life
Grade: 8
Medium: Ink, Watercolor
Learning Goal: Use observational skills, composition, and ink-drawing techniques to communicate the visual texture of a sea creature.
Project: Inked Sea Life
Grade: 8
Medium: Ink, Watercolor
Learning Goal: Use observational skills, composition, and ink-drawing techniques to communicate the visual texture of a sea creature.
Project: Keep Hopewell Beautiful
Grade: 7
Medium: Watercolor paint and pencil
Learning Goal: Understand the importance and function of public art/advertisements. Create a poster that will inspire viewers to take better care of the community's environment.
Project: Keep Hopewell Beautiful
Grade: 7
Medium: Digital Art
Learning Goal: Understand the importance and function of public art/advertisements. Create a poster that will inspire viewers to take better care of the community's environment.
Project: Inked Sea Life
Grade: 8
Medium: Ink, Watercolor
Learning Goal: Use observational skills, composition, and ink-drawing techniques to communicate the visual texture of a sea creature.
Project: Inked Sea Life
Grade: 8
Medium: Ink, Watercolor
Learning Goal: Use observational skills, composition, and ink-drawing techniques to communicate the visual texture of a sea creature.
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Project: Basquiat Self-Portraits
Grade: 8
Medium: Collage, Acrylic, Colored Pencil, Linoleum Print
Learning Goal: Learn about Neo-Expressionism and historical artist Jean-Michel Basquiat. Create a self-portrait in this style with collage materials and incorporation of text. Create a linoleum print of a crown through carving.
Project: The Elements of Art + Abstraction
Grade: 6
Medium: Oil pastel, Watercolor, Salt, Plastic Wrap
Learning Goal: Use organic shapes, line, pattern, color, and texture to create an abstract artwork.
Project: Outer Space & Mixed Media
Grade: 6
Medium: Oil pastel, Acrylic Paint
Learning Goal: Use painting techniques
"stippling" and "underpainting" to create an outer space background with acrylic paint. Shade a circle into a 3-dimensional planet (form) and place onto the composition according to a single light source.
Project: Inked Sea Life
Grade: 8
Medium: Ink, Watercolor
Learning Goal: Use observational skills, composition, and ink-drawing techniques to communicate the visual texture of a sea creature.
Project: The Elements of Art + Abstraction
Grade: 6
Medium: Oil pastel, Watercolor, Salt, Plastic Wrap
Learning Goal: Use organic shapes, line, pattern, color, and texture to create an abstract artwork.
Project: Inked Sea Life
Grade: 8
Medium: Ink, Watercolor
Learning Goal: Use observational skills, composition, and ink-drawing techniques to communicate the visual texture of a sea creature.
Project: Optical Illusions
Grade: 7
Medium: Colored Pencil
Learning Goal: Use the Elements of Art to create an optical illusion drawing.
Project: Basquiat Self-Portraits
Grade: 8
Medium: Collage, Acrylic, Colored Pencil, Linoleum Print
Learning Goal: Learn about Neo-Expressionism and historical artist Jean-Michel Basquiat. Create a self-portrait in this style with collage materials and incorporation of text. Create a linoleum print of a crown through carving.