Advanced - AP Art - March 14-18, 2011

This is the last week of the third quarter. Advanced and AP students are completing the complex composition inspired by Durer’s Melancholia I. Next week AP students will compile their digital portfolios and select the items to be sent to the College Board for evaluation.

Grade 10 - March 14-18, 2011

The final phase of the unit on portraiture is nearing completion. Using distortion students are creating caricatures of themselves. They are also using stipple as their method of rendering.

Grade 8 - March 14 - 18, 2011

Eighth graders continue to develop their papier-mâché book characters for the elementary library. Most of the armatures are completed and soon they will be adding features and painting the surface.

Advanced - AP Art - March 7-11, 2011

This week students are completing their preliminary study for the complex composition based on Durer’s Melancholia I. Each composition is developing into an expression of the individual artist’s personality.

Grade 10 - March 7-11, 2011

Can you recognize these people? Who owns the eye from last week’s blog entry?
This week we will continue to develop our distorted self portraits.

Grade 8 - March 7-11, 2011

The underwater seascapes have been completed. Students leaned about mixing colors with complements and how to use graded washes to give the illusion of three dimensionality.

They have selected their story book characters and this week will continue to build the armatures for their sculptures.

Advanced - AP Art - February 28 - March 4, 2011

We are continuing the unit reinterpreting Albrecht Durer’s Melancholia I in our own image. We are bringing individual elements together to the larger compositon.