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