Human contour drawings, image and text compositions.

The 7th graders are almost done with the powerful text and image compositions. They did big contour drawings of wooden architecture mannequins and worked on getting the proportions right.  They are a simple representation of the human body and allowed for each students individual style to come through. They were then required to trace their best drawing at least three times to create an interesting composition. They had to use different techniques to fill in the body shapes, like warm colors, cool colors, patterns etc. One of the figures had to be shaded to show volume. Finally they were asked to think about what being human means to them and to fill their backgrounds with text that communicated this idea. I think they did a great job!