October 18, 2012
Homage to Art History
Students first researched various famous painters from art history. Then they picked their favorite artist and chose one of their paintings to recreate. They drew it by hand, then painted it with acrylic paint using the verdaccio (italian) or grisaille (french) technique which was developed in the middle ages. In this technique, the painting is first done entirely on a gray scale to create depth and value, and then color is added in glazes. They did a great job, and succesfully integrated their own personalities into these paintings, check them out:
Billy Joe Wardlow
Pablo Picasso
Ayla Bunch
Dali’s Windmills, not by Salvador Dali but an homage to him…not sure who did this?
Mary Ramirez
Edgar Degas, Four Dancers in Half Figure
Taylor Stewart
Arthur Dove, Sunrise
Lacy Knafel
Paul Cezanne, Still life with Apples
Corianne Douglas
Vincent Vangogh, Starry Night
Isaac Osborn
Paul Cezanne, Pyramid of Skulls
Chloey Baldwin
Claude Monet, San Giorgio Maggiore-Soleil Couchant
Sam Melvin
Henri Matisse, Blue Nude & Blue Nude II
Autumn Young
Salvador Dali, Spellbound
Daren Sanderson
Pablo Picasso, Enamel Saucepan
Tristan Boor
Henri Matisse, Icarus
Howie Hubbard
Leonardo da Vinci, Flying Machine
Tristan Wallace
Paige Carter
Georgia O’Keeffe, White Trumpet Flower
October 17, 2012
Ceramics
I have two ceramics classes this year and they are filled with creative, patient students. Here are some of their projects!
Butter Dishes
Jessica Degnan
Erin Lane
Diana German
Iris Anderson
Rachel Tougas
Jon Kingsland
Jessica Honebein
Kira Ludwig
Sebastian Kratz
Zachary Martin
Andy Hughes
Cambria Robinson
Matthew Moore
Coil Pots
Jessica Degnan
Matthew Moore
Sherelle Holmes
Rachel Tougas
Josh Dotomain
Jessica Honebein
Sebastian Kratz
Iris Anderson
Hannah Stovall
Diana German
Kira Ludwig
Kim Leavitt
Cambria Robinson
Erin Lane
Sasha Hamner
Alice Pfeiffenberger
Riley O’Reagan
Jon Kingsland
Wheel Projects
Alice Pfeiffenberger
Sherelle Holmes
Sasha Hamner
Sebastian Kratz
Jamie Jacobson
Andy Hughes
Tori Stallings
Erin Lane
Iris Anderson
Kim Leavitt
Random
Josh Dotomain
TJ Allen
October 8, 2012
Cinematography Object Stories
For their first project, Seward High Cinematography students created digital stories about an object in their life that holds some personal significance. They wrote about the object, photographed it, and interviewed eachother about it. We studied color palette in films, and they were asked to create a color palette for their movie. They used Photoshop to edit their photos to follow the color scheme they had chosen. To create their digital story, they combined audio recordings, text, photos and music. I think they did a great job!
Autumn Young
October 4, 2012
Advanced Art Self Portraits
Advanced art students made self portraits…. They did some self reflection and thought of an emotion or state they would want to convey, and chose the medium they’d like to use. Then, they drew themselves using a mirror. Here are the end results!
Emma Farris
Dylan Gillespie
Alex Ashford
Briana Honebein
Michael Marshall
TJ Allen
Ben Miranda
Gretchen Lindquist
Richie Mack
Izzy Barnwell
Ashley Whiteshield