What makes us Human?

This week the eighth graders continued to work on their human contour drawing compositions by adding volume, patterns and color. I really like how all their drawings of the same mannequins look very different and their choices of arrangement, colors and patterns can affect the feeling of the piece. So far they are doing a great job with composition and shading. They will be filling their backgrounds with text about what we do as humans, things like "we build things, we collect, we explore, we wear clothes, we dance" etc. They can also use negative statements like "we discriminate, we pollute, we waste, we are lazy" etc. I will be anxious to show you the finished products but here are a few in progress.