Middle School: Value Studies

7th grade students have been studying how to use value in their art.  Each student chose an animal they'd like to draw/paint.  Using a grid system, they drew their animal.  Painting has started...stay tuned for final artworks....

Festival of the Arts: Festival Youth Art Show

Grand Rapids Festival of the Arts

June 3-5, 2016

If you are looking for some family fun, check out the Grand Rapids Festival of the arts! While you are enjoying the festivities, be sure to explore the Grand Rapids Art Museum's “Festival Youth Art Show.”  Hudsonville Public Schools has artwork by students in grades K-12 in the show.  After stopping to see the youth art, you can enjoy the arts on the streets of Grand Rapids. Please visit www.festivalgr.org for more information about the art, music, events and food! 

Hours for youth art at the GRAM during the festival:

Friday, June 3, 12-7pm

Saturday, June 4, 12-7pm

Sunday, June 5, 12-3pm

Middle School Photorealism

The last project of Trimester 2 for 6th grade classes was to use the art skills learned up to this point to draw a self-portrait.  Using a photograph, students worked hard to get their lines and forms to accurately draw themselves, and used color and value to add dimension.

Now check these final pieces out... Can you guess who?

Middle School Clay Relief Landscapes

Middle School students have been busy exploring what they can do with clay as a 3D medium to express their ideas.  7th graders have been using lines in the form of clay coils to create a relief landscape.  When they finish, they will add color to enhance their designs.

Middle School Art: Contour Drawing

For the past few weeks, 8th grade students at BMS have been practicing contour drawing.  They have used various objects in the classroom (and some they brought from home) to develop their skills in drawing objects accurately.  Once they completed their practice drawings, the students studied different composition types (ways to arrange an artwork) and played with patterns that would enhance their drawings.  Finished Drawing were completed in watercolor and Sharpie.