Summer is here! and I will have to strive to catch up on posting the last of this year’s artwork. Advanced Painting students, after studying van Gogh’s painting techniques, attempted their own post-impressionist masterpiece. Below are a smattering of the results. Enjoy!
P.S. The accompanying PowerPoint for this lesson, “Starry, Starry Night,” is posted on the Resources page. And if it’s not, leave a comment; I’ll get it on there when I’m not so sleepy!! 😉
This year’s Youth Art Show was a once again a great success! As usual, I procrastinated until the last minute and stressed myself out a lot more than necessary. . .why, oh why, do I do that? But, it came together. It’s in the Fly Arts Center (a renovated turn-of-the-century factory)Â every year for a couple of hours on Sunday afternoon, and our numbers have grown steadily from a couple of hundred to over 1,500 this year. Every art teacher in our county brings student art to display; students, families, friends, faculties, etc. are invited.
I only wish every single educator and administrator in our dear system could see the raw talent we are blessed with. AND, I only wish we’d had our van Gogh-inspired paintings finished in time for the show. Oh, well — here’s some pics of the show along with students of mine I coerced into taking a photo with their artwork :). Hope you enjoy, and comments welcome!!
