Student Artwork Fall 2009

Here are some pictures of the work my students in first, third and fourth block have created. I'm very proud of them all. They've worked really hard on these and some of them have turned out to be terrific!

Stippling Projects
The students had to recreate a landscape in the technique of stippling. They hated it at first, but loved their results.

by Jacob Tucker


by Garrett Hill


by Lauren Elkins

Graffiti Projects
We studied the form of graffiti, what it means in society and even though it's used for vandalism has some great aesthetic appeal. Students had to create a composition in the style of Graffiti letters to express a political or social issue.

Zach Grimes expressed patriotism in America.


Jacob Tucker expressed a remembrance piece for one of his friends who died of suicide.


Alex Spicer expressed the issue of teen suicide.


Anneliese Wilsdorf expressed the idea of world peace.

Monoprinting
As an introduction to our printmaking unit, we practiced by creating monoprints. With monoprinting, you create an image with paint on a flat surface (most artist use Plexiglas but due to the budgeting in public schools, we used wax paper). The students experimented with the technique's spontaneity by pressing and lifting their paint so they saw creative compositions. Some of them were even able to create images of objects. Monoprints also show off fun looking textures- we had a blast!




Kestin and Jaycie. "MS. ROGERS, TAKE MY PICTURE!"