Giving Thanks

High School Art has been very busy working on various art projects.

Art I just completed pencil drawing of Native American Indians.  We did this project in memory of the Native people of this land.  The students watched a video about Thanksgiving from the Native American perspective and worked for four class periods to complete these fantastic drawings.  I was very pleased with the outcome and the effort that they put into these tribute drawings.

Art II just completed Stained Glass Paintings that were inspired by the works of Stained Glass artists including Tiffany.  The Art II students were also learning about Gothic Art so the lesson tied in well with the stained glass windows in the Gothic Cathedrals.

Next week, I will be posting some sneak peeks of Art III, IV and Honors students.  Check back with us soon!

NATIVE AMERICAN INDIANS

IN PENCIL

STAINED GLASS PAINTINGS
IN ACRYLIC ON POSTER BOARD

ART II

POETRY INTERPRETATION Sketchbook Assignment

ART I and II

Students were given the poem Annabel Lee, by Edgar Allen Poe and were instructed to interpret the poem with images or to illustrate the poem.  Below the poem are some examples of their illustrations.

Annabel Lee

By Edgar Allan Poe

It was many and many a year ago,

   In a kingdom by the sea,

That a maiden there lived whom you may know

   By the name of Annabel Lee;

And this maiden she lived with no other thought

   Than to love and be loved by me.

I was a child and she was a child,

   In this kingdom by the sea,

But we loved with a love that was more than love—

   I and my Annabel Lee—

With a love that the wingèd seraphs of Heaven

   Coveted her and me.

And this was the reason that, long ago,

   In this kingdom by the sea,

A wind blew out of a cloud, chilling

   My beautiful Annabel Lee;

So that her highborn kinsmen came

   And bore her away from me,

To shut her up in a sepulchre

   In this kingdom by the sea.

The angels, not half so happy in Heaven,

   Went envying her and me—

Yes!—that was the reason (as all men know,

   In this kingdom by the sea)

That the wind came out of the cloud by night,

   Chilling and killing my Annabel Lee.

But our love it was stronger by far than the love

   Of those who were older than we—

   Of many far wiser than we—

And neither the angels in Heaven above

   Nor the demons down under the sea

Can ever dissever my soul from the soul

   Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;

For the moon never beams, without bringing me dreams

   Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;

And the stars never rise, but I feel the bright eyes

   Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;

And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side

   Of my darling—my darling—my life and my bride,

   In her sepulchre there by the sea—

   In her tomb by the sounding sea.

 

 

Well, that is all for now.  We are working hard to complete more art work to share with you very soon.

I am very proud of the art students this year!  For the most part I am amazed by the effort they put into their work.