Art

Middle School Graphics Arts

Middle School Art at Northshore is a safe place to relax, reflect, renew the mind, and explore basic art skills, styles, and mediums.

Each day begins with a journal entry from the Bible, to feed the greatness and beauty inside of each artist. Each person learns to pay attention to the small things that make up a drawing: lines, circles, dots, curves, and angles by drawing upside-down. Students learn how to see edges, or contours, and to capture spatial relationships using perspective and proportion.

Artists replicate lights and shadows in black and white, and also in color. They learn to add emotion and meaning to their artwork by using color and line in unique ways and by imitating master artists. Our focus covers art principles and techniques, and we emphasize self-evaluation and goal setting. Student input influences the projects selected for each year.

Get ready to draw and paint, to be challenged, and to grow!