Art I Still Life Studies

Art I

The Art I students just completed their Still Life paintings in Tempera.   This project seemed to be challenging to the students as they learned to apply a lot of what they have learned throughout the entire year.  While they were working, they may not have realized, but they were able to create perspective, shadow cast, shade forms, show light on objects and so much more.  Here are examples showing exactly what they learned.

Here is a picture of my corner of the art room.  Usually by this point in the school year I am surrounded by beautiful art.  As you can see, this year this is true once again.

So glad you can't see my messy desk!!!

Coming soon....

Art II Carousel Horses

 Art I Rabbits

and Art III and IV Sneak Peeks.

See you soon.

Paint, Paint and More Paint

You guessed it!  We have been doing a lot of painting around the art room.

Art I students worked on watercolor paintings inspired by the work of a current artist named Megan Noel Smith.  Her web-site is www.megannoel.com.

In class, we viewed Megan's web-site and looked at her paintings.  The students enjoyed the freedom of her abstract works.  Megan Noel Smith's work was viewed as a source of inspiration for watercolor exploration.

Art I 

Last week, we learned about the very famous artist Romare Bearden.  Romare Bearden was popular during the Harlem Renaissance.  He worked in a mixed media format for a lot of his compositions.  

The students created mixed media self portraits inspired by the work of Romare Bearden.  They used photographs of themselves that we posed for and took in class, magazine clippings, items printed from the computer, scrap paper, paint, glue and some even used glitter.  I absolutely LOVE the way these turned out!

Almost February

February is almost here and we have so much to show you from January!

Here we are working on our Torn Painted Paper Collage.  To do this project, students had to create 5 small original paintings that were based on design.  The students took these painted designs and tore them up into shapes and arranged them on a large piece of paper.  This creates a fantastic, abstract, painted collage.  These painted collages are straight from the students imagination and are 100% original.  They are so bright and colorful.

These drawings in pastel were done before 2nd Quarter and were hung in our school lunch room. The students did a great job! 

See you soon!