February 21, 2011
Ceramics Projects
Here are some ceramics projects from this semester. These include ocean masks and soap dishes. The masks are a part of the National Oceans Science Bowl Art Show which will be up at the lobby of the Sea Life Center through this month. Go check it out!
January 31, 2011
Pop Art Prints
This month Seward High Art classes were lucky enough to visit the Andy Warhol Exhibit at the Anchorage Museum. Thanks to the local PTSA and Seward Arts Council for splitting the cost of our bus! In response, students made their own Warholesque Pop Art Linoleum Prints. They turned out great, see for yourself:
January 21, 2011
Coiled Candle Holders
Seward High Ceramic Students began the semester by making coiled candle holders. After creating foot tall structures that incorporated at least three shapes, they coated them with spray paint them and accented them with acrylic paint. Here are some of the nicest ones:
January 16, 2011
Scratchboard
Seward High Art Students just finished a Scratchboard Unit. They began by finding a photo that they wanted to base their scratchboard off of. Next, students taped their photo over a piece of scratchboard and traced around the contour lines. Scratchboard is black and when scratched with needle like tools reveals a white, silver or gold interior layer. Students were instructed to scratch away the light areas of their image, building up different values through hatching. Here are some results!
December 3, 2010
Triptych Collages
Seward High Art students created new scenes out of old photos. For inspiration, students viewed the Abberant Art of Barry Kite. Kite is a contemporary artists who mainly reworks art history classics by cutting them up and combining them in humorous ways. Students also viewed triptych artwork from the past and were asked to make their collages in triptych form. Thanks to the Seward Library for donating encyclopedias and magazines.
December 1, 2010
Ceramic Bas Relief Tiles
Seward High Ceramic students have made bas relief tiles. Bas means low in french, these are low set sculptures emerging from a flat surface. This carving technique is quite ancient, and it has been used independently in many cultures from Mesoamerica to India. Seward high students made theirs with clay.
Pottery Wheel Projects
Seward High Ceramic students have been mastering the pottery wheel this semester, namely making bowls and mugs. Here is some of their work:
November 19, 2010
Black Tempura with Colorful India Ink
Students adjusted the threshold of a photo in Photoshop, making it pure black and white. Then they drew the image on a large scale, painted the black areas using black tempura, and filled in the white areas with colored India Ink as they chose. Here are some of the results:
November 11, 2010
Stop Motion Animation Films
Stop motion (also known as stop action or frame-by-frame) is an animation technique to make a physically manipulated object appear to move on its own. The object is moved in small increment and photographed. The photographs are played as a series of frames in a continuous sequence. Think of the concept of a flip book.
Computer Arts Students created their own stop motion animations using Adobe Photoshop and Windows Movie Maker. They were required to make at least 100 photos. Check out the results (you will need Windows Media Player to view these .wmv files):
Dima
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Flo
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Brittany
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Susie
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Lastan
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Marina
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Sierra
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Wendy
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November 1, 2010
Jack-o-lanterns
Seward High Ceramic students carved pumpkins last week with great results. They created 3 values by either leaving pumpkin (dark areas), scooping out some areas with lino cutting tools (medium areas) and cutting out some areas (lightest areas), Here they are!
