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adventures in art
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*all classes:
-Take your projects home
-or donate them to me
-give back all art supplies
-help clean the art room during your exam period
final project: extended photo
This is your final project and it is due by end of class Tuesday 1/14.
snowflake
DO YOU HAVE EXTRA TIME? lET'S DECORATE FOR THE HOLIDAYS!
drawing a self-portrait
We will be practicing drawing facial features. Check out this website.
Bring in a photo of yourself or I can take a photo of you. At least 5" by 7", black and white.
We will be using a grid to assist us in drawing our faces. Check out this website.
Bring in a photo of yourself or I can take a photo of you. At least 5" by 7", black and white.
We will be using a grid to assist us in drawing our faces. Check out this website.
Background Options:
You get to choose your background. Here are some options:
-Erase all lines and keep it perfectly white
-Shade in the background using one of our shading techniques: hatching, cross hatching, stippling, or scribbling
-Carefully cut out your portrait and cleanly adhere it to a colorful sheet of paper
-Carefully cut out your portrait and cleanly adhere it to a collaged background
-If you have another idea in mind, discuss it with me. I'm open to other options within reason.
You get to choose your background. Here are some options:
-Erase all lines and keep it perfectly white
-Shade in the background using one of our shading techniques: hatching, cross hatching, stippling, or scribbling
-Carefully cut out your portrait and cleanly adhere it to a colorful sheet of paper
-Carefully cut out your portrait and cleanly adhere it to a collaged background
-If you have another idea in mind, discuss it with me. I'm open to other options within reason.
holiday ornament
We'll use cookie cutters as molds and fill them with a paper pulp/water mixture. This will take about a week to dry. Then, we'll decorate them! The goal is to take them home before break! What a great gift for someone.
starry night inspired painting
The following are online videos we are going to watch in class. If you are absent, I recommend you watch them on your own.
Van Gogh Biography
Van Gogh and Turbulence
Van Gogh and Dr. Who
Van Gogh Biography
Van Gogh and Turbulence
Van Gogh and Dr. Who
artist trading cardS (atc)
bring smiles to forgotten seniors
We are making greeting cards for seniors in local nursing homes. This non-profit organization will distribute them for us. The cards can be "Holiday" theme or "Thinking of You" theme. We will be using card stock and a multimedia approach: drawing, painting, collage, embellishment, etc.
WATERCOLOR SILHOUETTE QUOTE PAINTING
harvest still life
intro to drawing
We've been working on this over an extended period of time with the end in mind. Our goal will be to eventually draw a still life using the techniques we've acquired. Please see me if you are absent so I can walk you through all the steps we have been tackling day by day on our own pace.
Optical Illusion
This project was inspired by Julianna Kunstler. Click here for directions from her website.
color wheel
Use colored pencils to color each section of the color wheel.