Overview: This year we will be meeting every other day all year for eighth grade art. During this time we will begin most projects by exploring different art movements and the artists who were influential within these movements throughout history. This year we will focus more on Modern Art. Modern art is art produced at the present period in time. Students will have reading and writing assignments, as well as quizzes for some of our lessons. We will experiment with a variety of art mediums such as colored pencils, markers, paint, clay, pastels and much more. Most of our projects this year will focus on the elements and principles of art.