One sided art

So the title of this one doesn't really tell you much about the type of art we have been created until you dig a little deeper into it.  See we have been working with Monochromatic paintings in art one, and since monochromatic is the study of one color it is kind of seeing the world in a one sided way.  What if we only saw the world in one color?  I suppose these paintings are what it would look like.  I was really impressed with some of the studies my students did this year.  I really think they got into this project.

Damaris W.

Cassie H.

Abby K.

Zach H.

Hot Glue and paint

Sorry I couldn't come up with a more interesting title, but that pretty much sums up this assignment.  I asked Art 3 to create a work of art where they had to apply hot glue to a canvas and then paint over top.  One of the reasons we did this was because I have an over abundance of canvas from Creative Spirits.  She needed a place to recycle used canvas and I was happy to help.

John S.

Mikayla R.

Nikole K.

Paige Q.

Can you find the animal?

I'm not sure where I got the idea for this project, probably from something I saw on Pinterest, but I think it is one that I will keep and do again.

I called it hidden animal.  My Art 3 students were required to draw or paint an image but they had to find a way to hide an animal in the image.  I am sure I got the idea from seeing other works of art, like the painted horses where the horse color and snow create multiple images.  But at the same time I liked the idea of challenging my students to figure out how you would do that.

I think overall they did a pretty good job.

Emily H. - Spider

Jaikob D. - wolf

Jaymon L - turtle

Madisyn V. - Butterfly

Paige Q. - Cat

The words after their names is what they tried to hide.

Why not melt some more

So maybe I was not sure where to start the year, and maybe I was lazy, but I gave both of my advanced classes melted crayon projects.  The difference with this Art 3 class is that I asked them to take theirs up a notch and do more than just melt crayons with silhouettes.  So here is what they came up with.  I think they did a good job for the first project of the year.

Emily H.

Jaikob D.

Madisyn V.

Mikayla R.

Nikole K.

Bring it "Forth"

I don't know why but I love foreshortening drawings.  I also love when  I have a group of kids that are willing to step outside of the normal box and come up with some really interesting ways to look at foreshortening.

Bridget B.

Emily H.

Jaikob D.

Jaymon L.

Mikayla R.

Nitanga S.

Will S.

Cyanotype

It is amazing how we get smarter the longer we do this job.  Instead of doing cyanotype in the spring when we are fighting wind and rain, I decided to offer it in the fall when the weather is much more cooperative.  Amazing, huh!!

If you have never tried cyanotype I highly recommend it.  It is so easy and so much fun.  This time I had the students download free brushes (brusheezy.com) and create something in photoshop that they then go to print with the technique.

Here are a few examples.

Summer B.

Emily H.

Jaymon L.

John S.

Madisyn V.

Mikayla R.