Over the course of our summer we will feature various artists and art pieces from each Jenison elementary school as well as the Junior High and High School. Each piece was carefully chosen by our art teachers and we hope you will enjoy the talents and hard work of our students while you also enjoy a beautiful and relaxing summer!
Bursley Elementary
We began this unit with the background and history of the art form of graffiti. During the first step in this process Mady had to choose a graffiti font, and sketch her name in the middle of the paper. Next, we studied color mixing. Using tempera paint in primary colors [red, yellow and blue], students were able to create secondary colors [green, orange and violet], and tertiary colors [red-orange, yellow-orange, yellow-green, blue-green, blue-violet and red-violet]. The next challenge for Mady was to divide her Graffiti Name into 12 sections. She mixed paint and filled in each of the background sections of the color wheel with paint she mixed. After completing the background, Mady created a second color wheel within her name, this time using complementary colors, or those across from one another on the color wheel. Finally, Mady had to outline everything very carefully with black paint.
Mady did an outstanding job on this project. It was very challenging, and Mady showed not only excellent craftsmanship, but perseverance as well.
Mady and her artwork were selected by her Bursley Elementary art teacher, Ginger Brown.
