February 6, 2012 AP Art

Students completed their compositions based on Picasso's Three Muscians last week.
AP students will begin the second exercise from Painting as a Language. They will “layer languages”by creating a drawing or painting that borrows or addresses the language of another nonart discipline. This composition is due Friday February 10.

February 6, 2012 Grade 10

Congratulations Grade 10 Students!
The Jackson Pollock birthday celebration last Wednesday February 1, was a success!
You brought the whole school together to share the art of Jackson Pollock, a twentieth- century cultural icon. The cake you decorated to resemble his painting (Number 8) was enjoyed by all. The efforts each of you made to imitate his technique resulted in two canvases that demonstrate his goal of control yet freedom. Your efforts didn’t stop there. Everyone participated in the clean up of the cafeteria and the work area. Well done!

This week we will begin the Pigasso and Friends project. Your “pig” can be purchased from me for 50Lempira. Buy your pig so it can join “Gary” in the pigpen

February 6, 2012 Grade 9

The Traveler by Kaya

Grade 9 students finished working on their pop-up books Friday. They will be turned in to Ms Ashley Monday. It was a great cross curricular project. This week we will resume work
on the 3D logo designs. Bring clean cardboard – at least 2, 15”x15” pieces for the base of your design.

January 30, 2012 - AP Art

Students continue to work on the three exercises from Painting as a Language.

First compositions will be completed Friday February 3.

January 30, 2012 - Grade 10

Happy Birthday Jackson Pollock!

This week we will celebrate Pollock and the Modern Art Movement of the mid twentieth century by sharing Pollock with the school community. Students will go to elementary classrooms and explain his painting technique and invite them to his birthday party. Last week we practiced the dripping techniques by looking at film of Pollock working and then trying to imitate him. We dripped and dribbled on to T-shirts to wear during the Wednesday birthday party and demonstration. Please feel free to join us any time throughout the day.

January 30, 2012 Grade 9

This week students made masks to use in their literature class with Mr. Fenn. They are reading Romeo and Juliet and will act-out the masked ball scene. They will use their masks as they give a dramatic reading of the scene. We used papier-mache and the plastic face forms to get the basic shape of the mask. Then they customized the shape and embellished the surface with acrylic paint, glitter, feathers and ribbons.

Next week they will work on the graphic designs and content for the pop-up books they made in Geometry class with Ms. Ashley.

January 23, 2012 - AP

This week AP students will complete the first of three exercises from Painting as a Language. They will:

1) Create an artwork that mixes materials and images from more than one "hierarchy".

2) Create a painting in which the composition or subject matter is appropriated from one artist while the style is appropirated from another artist.

3)Create a painting whose content borrows or addresses the language of another nonart discipline.