This week in Art, our Grade 7 students have been exploring the power of color through a monochromatic still life unit using oil pastels. After investigating an artwork through Form, Theme, and Context for Criterion A, students moved into the developing stage of their own work. They have been carefully planning and practicing techniques in their process journals, focusing on how a single color can create depth, mood, and visual interest. Through blending, layering, and experimenting with tints and shades, students are discovering how value plays a key role in making their still life compositions appear three-dimensional.
2. Developing Skills and Techniques:
As part of Criterion B, students are building their technical skills through structured practice and exploration. The required evidence includes:
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Drawing Fruits worksheet (pencil)
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Still Life: Fruits drawing (optional, pencil)
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Tints and Shades value scale on black paper (oil pastel)
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Two still life object drawings (oil pastel)
These tasks help students strengthen observation skills, understand proportion, and confidently apply oil pastel techniques to show light, shadow, and form.
3. Looking Ahead:
Next week, students will begin refining their final monochromatic still life compositions. They will apply the techniques practiced in their studies to create a resolved artwork that clearly demonstrates strong use of value, composition, and blending. We are excited to see how each student communicates mood and depth using just one color family!
It has been wonderful to see their focus, creativity, and growing confidence with oil pastels.
