Congratulations to our many University Interscholastic League Winners!

Earlier this month, several of my students at Ojeda Middle School competed in the Drawing, Painting, 3D, and Misc categories at the UIL competitions. Suffice to say, we made out like BANDITS! I am unbelievably proud of my talented "Gator" artists.

Lessons included:
Pencil portraits exploring value range of Civil Rights Leaders after learning about non-violent social change in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King's birthday

 Keith Haring paintings learning about color theory

Cubism and Pablo Picasso split portraits using oil pastels

Mixed media Georgia O'Keeffe flowers

Mixed media name designs

Papier-mache masks,

Group work in Pattern and movement Arrow drawings

and more!

6th Grade WINNERS

Painting Category:

6th Grade Drawing
First Place Winner!

6th Grade 2nd place winner! Drawing Category.

Dr. Martin Luther King pencil portrait

6th Grade 3rd Place Drawing Category

6th Grade Painting Category: 

6th Grade Misc.

First Place!

6th Grade Misc Category: 2nd Place Winner

7th Grade 3rd Place Drawing: Coretta Scott King

 7th Grade: 2nd place Drawing category

7th Grade Painting: 2nd place Winner! 

7th Grade Drawing: 4th place

Other 7th grade entries

8th Grade/Art I

3D Category
5th Place Winner: Fox Mask

 8th Grade 3D: 4th Place. Spider Man Mask

 8th Grade/Art I, 3D, 3rd place Winner: Tiger Mask

 8th Grade/Art I
Painting: 4th place

8th Grade/Art I: Drawing 5th place

 
 

If I Ran for President Poster

Two days before the Presidential election, I decided to have the students think about issues that were important to them and how they would like to serve and help their country if they were running for President of the USA. It was moving to see how thoughtful their posters were and included several recurring themes such as food stamps, finding jobs, immigration, and housing the homeless.