In Art I, we have just finished up our unit on color theory, which of course included the color wheel. I decided to do a small scale “creative color wheel” drawing this year, in hopes that we wouldn’t spend too much time on it, but still come out with a nice product. I found…
Once again our art club has created a tremendous banner for the Board of Education. Each year the Board asks a school to volunteer to create this banner, which is no small feat! Congrats to the SCHS Art Society for a super job on this year’s banner!!
I had the opportunity to attend CREATE 2014 this past summer in Knoxville, Tn. It was really fabulous. I thought I’d share what I created in a workshop there. We learned the art of Sumi-e painting (Japanese ink painting.) It made me think of a cartoon my oldest used to watch on PBS, Sagwa. About…
And a year later. . . our Christmas trees from the 2013 Festival of Trees! Each year the Fly Arts Center showcases beautiful trees decorated by businesses and organizations around town. Our art students always do a lovely job representing us! This year the theme was “‘Tis the Season to Sparkle and Shine.” The SCHS…
Although most of these sketchbook pages were created to meet assignments I had given, they are completely unique and fun. I enjoy so much the way students interpret the same assignment differently, or play with the assignment to fit their creative urges.
These turned out really nice, and what a fun way to share recipes!
I’ve taught a similar assignment; however, this time we put a new twist on it. Portraits were broken down into tiny squares ala Chuck Close, then value was interpreted with black and white symbols or designs. This assignment required a lot of fortitude on the student’s part, but as you can see, there are some lovely…
Students once again drew gourds from observation, then worked them into a creative composition. Here are some of the great results!
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…
