The Sagemont Middle School Art Experience

Victorian design:
Isabella Hoz

Congratulations to these two students, who were awarded both 1st & 2nd place at the Weston Student Artist Showcase

The Weekend
Pencil portrait by Bella Negret

Angelina Bernardi's pencil sketchbook rendering.
Students were asked to create a house design, while "drawing" inspiration from homes that exist, their own family's property, or maybe a dream home.

Bella Negret created a poster for a contest held to bring awareness to the environmental challenges facing Biscayne Bay and South Florida's waterways.

The contest organizers were so impressed with her entry that they delivered a merch bag and a very complimetary letter praising her work.

Micah D'Amico's painting

Alfonso Suarez's canvas from the "Archeological" project.
Students were asked to lay down layers of paint, to mask, wash, and scrape away parts of those layers, to add some sort of letters, words, numbers, symbols, or design on top, then to add more layers of paint... rinse and repeat...all with the intent to create the look of a wall with built-up and covered-over advertisements, or remnants of an ancient civilization revealed beneath peeling layers of wallpaper, paint, or plaster.

Angelina Bernardi's portrait of singer Melanie Martinez.

Students were asked to find an image of someone well-known...a favorite actor, politician, athlete, musician, etc.
Then they measured, marked, and drew a drawing grid on it to help them transfer proportions accurately in bite-size chunks (a roadmap of sorts) from 1x to 2x.
Then they worked up freehand pencil renderings onto 18" x 24" paper.

Ayanna Jerry's boardwalk image.

To practice a technique artists of the Renaissance used to create depth and geometric accuracy in their work, art history students selected a photographic image with this feature, cut out a piece to glue in the center of an 18" x 24" piece of paper, and then extended the picture out using chalk pastels.

Brianna's card

Ada's candles

Daryn Tommie's snowman.

2-D art students created images on card stock in their choice of medium (watercolor, marker, colored pencil, collage, etc.) for the holiday season (Hanukkah, Christmas, Winter Solstice) for display in front of the school offices.
Students also wrote greetings (in various fonts) so that on the last day before the break they can take them home to give to a loved one.