Grade 8 Mola Paper cutting. Middle School Art project

The Mola, or Molas, is a hand -made textile that forms part of the traditional women's clothing of the Kuna people from Panamá. The full costume includes a patterned wrapped skirt, a red and yellow headscarf, arm and leg beads, a gold nose ring and earrings in addition to the mola blouse. - Wikipedia

Supplies: various colors construction paper 12" x 18", x-acto knives, cutting boards, white color pencil, paperclips, pencils, rulers, and paper.

Vocabulary: mola, layers, bridges, boarders, outline, negative/positive space, cutting, overlapping, lines, warm/cool colors, and shape.

Please click on link to see the step by step instructions and previous student work.
http://www.mrbobart.com/2011/11/molas-grade-7-paper-cutting-project.html
http://www.mrbobart.com/2013/02/mola-project-reprise-7th-grade-art.html

Selected student outcomes (meets standards examples and exemplary examples) :

Middle School drawing project

Grade 8.

We stared this year on drawing skills. We reviewed rendering by producing a Value Scale and Shapes. Next we moved on to drawing eyes (their own) using a 6B pencil, tissue, blenders, and erasers. At the end the projects were taken to the library to be displayed. 

Grade 8 construction paper cutout party scenes.

When I taught elementary school art during the 90's (I know I'm an old man) I developed a construction paper portrait project that was a lot of fun for the kids to make. My grade 8 class loves parties-pool parties, dance parties, etc. they are always scheming ways to make a party at school. I thought why not make a project about parties but with a twist. The objective was that there had to be a minimum of five characters and an atypical setting was highly encouraged. 

This is the kind of party your parents warned you about.

Seasonal

A Black Friday fan made this one month out.

Dig the jet ski.

Disco

Love this one! party in heaven and rain on earth

Inter-glatic party

Yes, that is a bunny eating a carrot.