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.
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!! 😉
I found these two small paintings hanging on a narrow wall upstairs in my grandparents’ bedroom a few months ago. I saw them and thought, those look familiar; where did they come from…? and realized I had painted them a long time ago, between 20 and 25 years ago I’d say. Watercolors…not really my thing, I think (my mother’s thing, more). But I sort of like them. They’re just simple, and quiet, dark, calm.
Advanced Painting students are studying the life and art of Vincent van Gogh. As a prelude to a larger van Gogh – inspired painting, they created these small interpretations of Starry Night. Some students chose to paint a different artwork, which was really neat. These landscapes turned out beautifully, and were lots of fun!
Advanced Painting students recently finished these fantastic celebrity portraits! This lesson focuses on a monochromatic color scheme, and the Pop Art movement of the 1950’s and 60’s – particularly the graphic art of Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein and the like. I closely followed Kim Bartel’s great lesson on The Incredible Art Department’s website. After a couple of years doing this project, I’ve found that a few things factor into students’ success:
