Middle School Visual Art
A transformative art education ignites passion and pushes boundaries, empowering students to create authentic art while understanding its profound influence on culture and society.
With a decade of experience nurturing young artistic minds, I've guided middle school students toward creative discovery both as Key Stage 3 Art and Design Coordinator at Durham Johnston Comprehensive School in England, where I led a team of four, and now at Orange Middle School in North Carolina, where I continue helping students unleash their authentic creative potential.
7th grade Op Art Exploration
7th grade Op Art Exploration
7th grade exploring and researching Op Art techniques
6th Grade Memories, Dreams, and Goals Quilt
7th Grade Black History Month Heroes
7th Grade Mixed Media Portraits-
8th Grade Soft Pastel
8th Grade Soft Pastel
8th grade oil pastel from macro photo
8th grade oil pastel from macro photo
8th Grade Oil Pastel
8th Grade Oil Pastel
8th grade animal painting
7th grade kumihimo weaving
6th Grade shoe drawings
6th Grade Fantasy Landscape Unit
6th Grade Fantasy Landscape Unit
6th Grade Fantasy Landscape Unit
7th Grade Clay Pinch Pot Unit
8th Grade Slab Pot Unit
7th Grade Food Sculpture Pop Art Unit
8th Grade Radial Symmetry Block Prints
8th Grade Radial Symmetry Block Prints
8th Grade Radial Symmetry Block Prints
8th Grade Digital Mixed Media Mash Up
8th Grade Mixed Media Mash Up
8th Grade Mixed Media Mash Up
8th Grade Mixed Media Mash Up
Paint it Orange - Riverwalk
Paint it Orange - Riverwalk
Paint it Orange - The Colonial Inn
6th Grade Alebrijes
6th Grade Alebrijes work in progress
7th Grade Personalized Sketchbooks
7th Grade Portfolio Design
7th Grade Watercolor Painting Negative Space
7th Grade Hispanic Heritage Month Radial Balance
8th Grade Value and Shading Compositions
8th Grade Value Exercise
Fall Family Night Mural Painting
8th Grade Hispanic Heritage Month Painting
8th Grade Mixed Media Mash Up
8th Grade Mixed Media Mash Up
8th Grade Color Theory Exploration
Curriculum Overview for KS3 based on the work of Rod Taylor
6th Grade Recording from first hand observation
6th Grade Cubist Figure Paintings
Students working on their cubist paintings
Portrait Process
Portrait Development
Portrait After Weeping Woman
Cubist Portrait Demo (Detail) - Acrylic
Still Life - Pastel
Collaborative Mixed Media Wall Hanging
Detail of Mixed Media Wall Hanging
Papier Mache and Mod Roc Vases
Idea Process
Vases based on observational drawings of shells
Still Life and Symbolism Painting
Monochromatic Still Life
Collaborative Plein Air Drawing Exercise with Refinement in Classroom
Modular Sculpture
Modular Sculpture
Skateboard Design
Collage
Clay Sculpture
After Rousseau National Gallery, London
Collaborative project Tree of Life
Stained Glass Window Design
Cardboard Sculpture
Artist Study
Mindfulness and Art
Exercises focus on the process of creating rather than the outcome on the page.