Studio drawing/painting

Students have learned the concept of contour line drawing and have developed a high sensitivity to subtle changes within a form by drawing slowly, with one continous line.

Students have drawn a shoe in large scale and have drawn a self-portrait. Students then repeated the self-portrait within the shoe.

• Overlapping



• Repetition



• Value



• Contour lines

Students then learned about abstract expressionism and expressionism. Students then started painting their self-portraits in an expressive manner by representing their lights and darks on their face in a unique way.

• Monochromatic color scheme
• Mark-making
• High, mid, dark tones

Advanced Placement Art

Students in AP art have been developing their skills in drawing and painting these first 5 weeks of school.

Students studied the inside of a green pepper by cropping an area to draw in order for it to become abstract.

• Study of green pepper in charcoal
  
• Study of a green pepper in marker


• Study of a green pepper in oil pastel

Students of AP Art have been developing their knowledge of intensity of color and color mixing. Students are to paint over a gridded taped canvas several leaves that capture movement and a focal point.

• Intensity of color (complimentary colors mixed create dullness in color)


• Overlapping


• Value


• Focal point and movement

This paintings below are done by students in Art 1. Students learned about FOREGROUND, MIDDLE-GROUND, BACKGROUND, Painting techniques in black and white and problem solving skills of "bringing things out!" (a.k.a. CONTRAST)

Quote of the day "Have fun with it!!" Ms. Anderson :o)


How to trick the eye into believing there is space in a painting:

1.Placement: place objects low at the bottom of the page and the object will seem closer. Place the object close to the horizon line and the object will seem far away.

2. Size: "most" of the time objects in the foreground (front) look larger than those in the back(smaller)

3. Color: close up in the foreground, the color is crisp and dark. Farther in the background the color is muddled and light.

4. Overlapping: when you overlap an object in front of another object, the object behind instantly looks farther away.

Which object looks closer to you? Is it low on the paper or high? Why does it matter where we place things?





Do you notice any overlapping? Where?

The paintings below are done by students in Advanced Placement art. The students studied an actual peanut in different "stages". Eventually, we learned the meaning of a series.

Series: adj. 1. a group or a number of related or similar things, events, etc., arranged or occurring in temporal, spatial, or other order or succession; sequence.

Take a look at how each one looks different and unique!