Art IV students recently studied and completed Expressive Self-Portraits. I left these very open to interpretation with the request that they explore a variety of media. The result is an interesting variety of portraits that employ everything from ballpoint pen to old book pages.
Art IV students worked hard last semester to complete these awesome projects. Each one is informed by a different artist that the student studied. For a more in depth look, visit the student’s individual blog – the links can be found on the homepage. Enjoy the variety!
This year SCHS’s Art Society again participated in the Fly Art’s annual Festival of Trees. This year’s theme was “All I want for Christmas…”, which we interpreted as “All I want for Christmas is You.” We hearkened back to the WWII era, thinking of all the soldiers overseas missing their sweethearts back home, and all the loyal girls over here missing their fellas. I think this is such a romantic era; I think of all the letters my grandmother has from my grandfather who was a merchant marine during the war. This is what really inspired this theme.
I pictured a tree covered with nostalgia: tea stain and silver, black and white photos of couples, old letters, some glitz. I told one of our talented students about the famous photo taken in Times Square, and she replicated it in clay, beautifully. What a lovely tree our students created. And the judges thought so too. . . we took away FOUR awards this year!! This tree meant so much to me, thank you to everyone who worked so hard.
This was just for a bit of seasonal fun, while tying in with our colored pencil study. In Art II we studied colored pencil use, and then tried this technique, creating the look of shiny highlights on black paper. Students also payed close attention to the form of the bows, using their observation skills to realistically capture their likeness. These Christmas bows turned out very nice!
We are studying Ancient Greek art right now in Art I, and I have challenged my students to look for examples of the architectural orders in our small town. Extra Credit opp!!!
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